
10-03-2006, 09:29 AM
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Psionic Youth
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Babord, West Graal Deaths:1009 Kills:1
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One example off the top of my head...
okay, I guess it takes a little digging around...
In Germany, as I understand it, the swastika is (or maybe just Was) banned outright. As in, not even as a historical reference, not as "these are the enemies" in a video game, nothing. To the point that, for international release, the guys at Buena Vista Interactive had to edit the tail of the zeppelin in the climactic battle scene of the (admittedly hokey) Rocketeer Video Game, so it was an SS Hindenburg instead of a n@zi Hindenburg.
Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm going off old information - but for the sake of this paragraph, let's pretend Tyhm's right. In such a case, what happens when a russian player uploads a server in which you stumble upon the ruins of Castle Jagerstein and find an abandoned n@zi experimental nuclear weapon which is approaching meltdown, and the entire quest is about routing enough of the rusty water pipes through to the coolant room to keep it from reaching critical mass. Is he allowed to have rotting n@zi flags? Is he even allowed to use the uncensored word? What if he puts in some code such that if (language==deutsch) showimg ssflag.png;, else showimg swastika.png?
It's maybe not the best example of varying local-federal regulations meshing with internet-federal laws, but I'd just as soon avoid the better example of "LOLZ 14 IS LEGAL IN JAPAN!" |
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