IAmSinistar: DVDs are already region coded (unless you get one that is Region 0). Also, the differences in television formats introduce other issues between regions (for example, PAL in the UK, NTSC in the States). Not sure if the Brits still censor that particular film or not.

j0ekerr: But it remains worst movie.

InfraSuperman: The general argument from German officials is that, due to its appropriation by the NSDAP, any variation of the symbol is "burdened" by those connotations and any depiction might be misunderstood as Nazi propaganda.

It's actually kind of funny to see how the German government is always walking on eggshells when it comes to Religions such as Islam and Judaism, always desperately flailing to not offend anyone, only to then turn around and piss all over an important symbol for Hindus and Buddhists. In 2005, Germany suggested a Europe-wide ban of the symbol to the EU. They only dropped it after British Hindus protested.

j0ekerr: The most obvious difference was the framerate which had to do with distributed electric current cycles if I remember corectly, being different in america to those of europe.

MaGo72: "Eigentlich" is a word, which is translated to rather or actually, in the German language you use "eigentlich" when you not fully confess to a statement.

InfraSuperman: The general argument from German officials is that, due to its appropriation by the NSDAP, any variation of the symbol is "burdened" by those connotations and any depiction might be misunderstood as Nazi propaganda.

It's actually kind of funny to see how the German government is always walking on eggshells when it comes to Religions such as Islam and Judaism, always desperately flailing to not offend anyone, only to then turn around and piss all over an important symbol for Hindus and Buddhists. In 2005, Germany suggested a Europe-wide ban of the symbol to the EU. They only dropped it after British Hindus protested.

IAmSinistar: Cripes. That's quite discomfiting. And now they are arguably the most powerful member of the EU. So who exactly lost the war?

InfraSuperman: Agreed. Nazis at the Center of the Earth was way better.

Splatsch: My question may sound stupid (and is fully off-topic) but... and into movies ? And documentaries ? How the german government deal with them ?

IAmSinistar: "We stole one of your sacred symbols and perverted it in the minds of millions. In lieu of an apology, please accept this international ban."

Awesome.

IAmSinistar: And number of scanlines. I remember playing UK games on my US Amiga. They worked fine, except for some wonky vertical display issues.

But yes, most of those issues are being relegated to the past, thanks to new digital formats. And since a lot of material is going back and remastering from the source, the televisual formats are even less relevant.

Garret02: Wait, there's something I don't understand. Exactly what kind of law would GoG be breaking by not selling these games in Germany/Australia? Online shops are only legally bounded by the laws of a country they servers are in, no? So unless the servers are in Germany or Australia, they can do all of jack shit to enforce GoG to region lock these games.

EBToriginal: Basically, your understanding of the relevant law is about completely wrong. They could be sued by both the government and competitors. And the government could compel the banks to not allow transactions or even order them to claw back fines and penalties. Not to mention the risk of extradition in a particularly egregious case.

Lykaon: movies (documentaries) and books are art. comics and videogames are not considered art. thats the problem....