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ARMA III developers arrested for espionage

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, September 12th, 2012 at 01:06 AM (3528 Views)
I know it's bad but when I read this in the news I couldn't help but chuckle at it a little. Knowing the guys I bet that one mission will have that in the game. Some reporters getting arrested while reporting on the attack on Limnos.

And it makes you think, in this day and age of photo satelites and google maps the information censorship feels kind of a backwater to me.

Well wish them luck.

Greece should be grateful for the advertisement.

http://kotaku.com/5942167/game-developers-arrested-for-spying#13474263088433&{"type":"iframeUpdated","hei ght":2362}

EDIT(17thSEP):

Turns out now that they just took photos of public places like any other tourist did and they just went there out of interest of what they were making into the game.

Updated September 17th, 2012 at 03:10 PM by Reekwind

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  1. Five_X's Avatar
    Pffffftahahahaha! Ah, poor BI, getting the kick for "spying." :P

    I guess research has its own risks.
  2. ZidanReign's Avatar
    wow

    didn't see that coming
  3. Reekwind's Avatar
    Supposedly they could get 20 years for that.

    I wonder what they give for murder in Greece, cut your hands probably.
  4. I3uster's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Reekwind
    Supposedly they could get 20 years for that.

    I wonder what they give for murder in Greece, cut your hands probably.
    Uh, this is a serious crime and they are pretty fucking stupid for doing this in the first place.
  5. Mike1984's Avatar
    What, taking photos from a public place is a "serious crime"?

    Only if your country is run by morons who are only interested in making theirselves look good....
  6. I3uster's Avatar
    No, taking pictures of a military area however is.

    Even kids know this. So it's pretty much their own fault. Now they should hope for their embassy to bail em out.
  7. Mike1984's Avatar
    Doesn't matter if it's a "military area", they really shouldn't expect people to not take photos from a public site. And, certainly, to send someone to prison for 20 years for doing so is ludicrous.

    It's just a ridiculously harsh penalty to cover up their incompetent security. If they were really terrorists or spies, then Greece is making it far too easy for them, whilst totally ruining the lives of innocent people. I mean, you spend less time in prison for murder.
  8. Reekwind's Avatar
    It's bullshit that's like if I spoke too loud in a library and got locked up for it and someone who stole some books would just have to pay a fee.
  9. Ivan The Mouse's Avatar
    I heard Greece does not like foreigners for now.
  10. I3uster's Avatar
    It has nothing to do with that though. What they did was record military facilities, which counts as espionage pretty much everywhere in the world. So even if the penalty seems excessive, it's their own fault for doing something incredibly stupid.
  11. Mike1984's Avatar
    Rubbish. Recording a military facility from a public location with (presumably) no warning signs and no intent to spy is not espionage. It is not their fault at all, it is the fault of the Greek government for having such retarded laws and expecting them to know said laws.
  12. SeiKeo's Avatar
    Nemo censetur ignorare legem.
  13. I3uster's Avatar
    "Retarded law?" Pretty much every country in the world has this "retarded law" in some form. So it's not ignorance just stupidity.
  14. Ivan The Mouse's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by I3uster
    It has nothing to do with that though. What they did was record military facilities, which counts as espionage pretty much everywhere in the world. So even if the penalty seems excessive, it's their own fault for doing something incredibly stupid.
    I know. I'm not taking about the crime, but the punishment and verdict.
  15. Mike1984's Avatar
    Pretty much every country in the world has retarded laws. It's ludicrous to say that someone cannot take photographs of something they're quite entitled to look at.

    But, regardless, the penalty is massively disproportionate. In this country, you'd probably have the camera confiscated and that's about it.