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geoDefense in South Africa and other countries

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Sat, 04/17/2010 - 08:51
apauley
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 Hi,

 

geoDefense is not available in the South African app store, and I guess the same is true for other countries.

Why is that, and how can it be fixed?

 

Regards,

Andreas Pauley

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Sun, 04/18/2010 - 02:21
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nsxdavid
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South Africa

It has to do with laws in South Africa and video games.  The App Store simply doesn't have the games category there as a result.  Not something I have control over.

-- David

 

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Sun, 04/18/2010 - 20:51
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apauley
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Game review law in South Africa

Thanks for the reply, I had no idea it is a legal issue.

After Googling a bit it seems that games (like movies) need to be rated before it may be sold in South Africa.

Very stupid that they try to regulate downloadable software in general.

It's as if the rating committees are hurt by not being able to regulate all software on the internet, so they regulate the sites that dare ask permission and that tries to provide localized content.

My references are a comment by Mike on this site:

http://imod.co.za/2008/07/11/apple-itunes-store-in-south-africa/#comment-27060

And a game-related article by the "Film and Publication Board":

http://www.fpb.gov.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129&Itemid=131

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Sun, 04/18/2010 - 23:09
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South African Laws

Yeah...

Time to get out there and get that law changed!

-- David

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