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On Mon, 01 Jun 1998 17:38:52 GMT, chn...@emailNOSPAM.msn.com (Christoph Nahr)
wrote:

>On Mon, 01 Jun 1998 14:09:12 GMT, dsm...@pobox.com (Derek Smart)
>wrote:
>
>[quoted from Trevor Witt, PC Gamer UK]
>
>>Still waiting to hear if we're allowed
>>to run the game from the powers that be, as you're probably aware, there is an
>>ELSPA ruling  that forbids commercial games being covermounted on European
>>games mags.
>
>*European* games mags?  Sorry, I see plenty of German mags with full
>commercial games on their cover.  Actually, one major German mag (PC
>Player) recently launched a new version of their mag, carrying a CD
>with a full commercial game every month!  Of course these games are
>older and no longer sold except in compilations, maybe this is why
>they aren't bound by this mysterious ELSPA ruling.

Well, as I said before, you guys know as much as I do. Other European mags in
Germany, Italy, Hungary etc are carrying it but not the UK. Even Byte in the
Middle East is carrying it. So perhaps these other countries just don't give a
toss about ELSPA. Dunno but, there you have it.

Derek Smart, Ph.D.
Designer/Lead Developer
Battlecruiser:3000AD

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