DanTheKraut: Total BS! If you want to follow the german laws do it completely or don't do it at all! As a german customer I have enough of all this lack of knowledge about our laws other shops have.
Starting your "german" store was the worst decision you made!
Also it will end the same way it ended with Bethesda and Square Enix = massive shitstorm and lack of sales in Germany!
Piranjade: I recommend this article:
http://www.it-recht-kanzlei.de/Thema/verkauf-computerspiele.html And lack of sales...
If there are a couple (currently 2) games that GOG cannot sell in Germany any more (or not in their uncensored form), do you really think they made so much profit with these two games that the new customers they'll gain with having their site in German won't make up for that?
And another thing:
This was coming any way. With GOG growing it'll have to abide by the laws of the countries they sell in more and more because they are seen as "conducting business" there.
This does make them vulnerable not only for punishment by penal law but also for lawsuits by their competitors if they sell a game in a country in a way they're not allowed to. And those law suits can be very, very costly. Know any site that abides by regional restrictions and might want to sue GOG with glee?
As long as a company is quite small, selling the occasional banned game to Germany is fine (while selling the bulk to other countries), because you're still considered a foreign vendor.
But as soon as that business grows or becomes a bigger part of your business, these things change. You don't even need a German web presence for that.
Lack of slaes considering their whole store not only those 2 products. About your article I don't need to read it as I know very well what is allowed and what not.
It is very funny they speak of a criminal offense but on the other hand they violating the german laws in this moment.