Apple Removes American Civil War Games from the App Store

Re:Apple Removes American Civil War Games from the App Store by infimum on Thursday June 25, 2015 @10:25AM (#9778077)

yes, they actually are.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#Germany

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Re:Apple Removes American Civil War Games from the App Store by kuschku on Thursday June 25, 2015 @11:02AM (#9778367)

No, they are not: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9777948

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Re:Apple Removes American Civil War Games from the App Store by BonsaiDen on Thursday June 25, 2015 @11:33AM (#9778639)

They are. Games are not recognized as art here in Germany, so they do not get the same treatment as movies or books and have to remove the references. International releases of these games are actually illegal in Germany and owning them is an indictable act, although actual criminal charges are very rare (since there's hardly a way of controlling the digital distribution).

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Re:Apple Removes American Civil War Games from the App Store by Mithaldu on Thursday June 25, 2015 @01:55PM (#9779673)

You're all right and wrong. They are in a quantum state. The youth protection agency thinks games are not art and as such wishes to not allow them. However the matter has never been in front of a legal court, and until that is done, they are only censored out or pro-active fear, not because they're actually illegal.

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Re:Apple Removes American Civil War Games from the App Store by hueving on Thursday June 25, 2015 @10:41AM (#9778191)

I believe he/she meant by Apple

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Re:Apple Removes American Civil War Games from the App Store by involute1344 on Thursday June 25, 2015 @10:45AM (#9778222)

Where is Apple mentioned on that page?

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Re:Apple Removes American Civil War Games from the App Store by tempodox on Thursday June 25, 2015 @10:52AM (#9778274)

If you would take the strain to read the article's title you might get a clue.

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