there was a variety of good football manager games in Germany, in Europe, elswhere.
Several companies made such games.
Most of them payed huge sums of money to FIFA, UEFA or their national FA for the use of data like e.g. club and player names.
As far as I know SI/SEGA did and does the same for their great game.
Yes, Germany is like most (or all) European countries a true vassal of the USA. Our leading politicians frequently travel to Washington to get their orders and directives from the White House.
Yes, German politicians think we are still in stoneage. At least in their politics concerning all kinds of media. For example our constitution still sees the regions (Länder) able to rule media and broadcasting. Outdated and impossible since satellite dishs and the internet are invented.
On the other hand we are Europeans. Members of the European Unions aund even of the single currency.
Since at least 20 years EU is enforcing "free market" in Europe. Sometimes they redicously overdo with that.
Germany signed all treaties and accepted all regulations manifesting that EU-politics.
Still there is only one football manager game left in Germany. That of the US-multi EA. All others (violating all that EU-laws) are prohibited in Germany.
It seems this is a to small section for the European commission to enforce their own laws. But is that clever?
No, it isn't! To allow a clique of bavarian-Franz-Beckenbauer-puppets to create an artificial monopolis here for a foreign US software company is far from being clever.
There was a nice managerial football game by the Brazilian company de Agostini. A modernised sequel of PM '99 with full data rights by FIFA. Obviously they couldn't survive without the german market segment.
There once been famous German games that kind, all gone.
Gone alltogether because of a small number of German football officials creating an EA-monopolis giving a **** on EU-regulations forbidding exactly that.
EU too fights software piracy. But why should I illegally buy a game via internet that still I have to pirate to be able to use it?
It is a perversion that the EU-comission forces me and others into piracy by not enforcing there laws here.
Every year there is a German language file somewhere on the internet. If I paste it into the game, by laws, this is criminal software piracy, because of altering the original work.
Also because SI/SEGA (like others too) are expelled from the German market -they are not allowed to sell the FM here- I can't legally activate it from here. So even if I would buy (wich I would if it was legally in stores here) I still have to use a crack to be able to play it.
This makes me a software pirat even if I buy the game. That can't be intended by EU's anti piracy politics.
The EA-Soccer-Manager-Monopolis (not correct to use Football as it's made by barbarian Americans) is not a minor issue. Because it is sympthomatic for European stonage politics concernig media.
Try for example to access live progamms of the BBC from out Germany or from ZDF from out the UK via internet. Works only with additional software that virtually puts Your PC into the other country. For sure not really legal. But it is fully legal and no problem to watch the same TV programmes via satellite.
That follows the same principles. Some idiots still can't understand that there is no more national authority over whatever media. It can't be as it is outdated simply by commonly spread modern technology.
Several companies made such games.
Most of them payed huge sums of money to FIFA, UEFA or their national FA for the use of data like e.g. club and player names.
As far as I know SI/SEGA did and does the same for their great game.
Yes, Germany is like most (or all) European countries a true vassal of the USA. Our leading politicians frequently travel to Washington to get their orders and directives from the White House.
Yes, German politicians think we are still in stoneage. At least in their politics concerning all kinds of media. For example our constitution still sees the regions (Länder) able to rule media and broadcasting. Outdated and impossible since satellite dishs and the internet are invented.
On the other hand we are Europeans. Members of the European Unions aund even of the single currency.
Since at least 20 years EU is enforcing "free market" in Europe. Sometimes they redicously overdo with that.
Germany signed all treaties and accepted all regulations manifesting that EU-politics.
Still there is only one football manager game left in Germany. That of the US-multi EA. All others (violating all that EU-laws) are prohibited in Germany.
It seems this is a to small section for the European commission to enforce their own laws. But is that clever?
No, it isn't! To allow a clique of bavarian-Franz-Beckenbauer-puppets to create an artificial monopolis here for a foreign US software company is far from being clever.
There was a nice managerial football game by the Brazilian company de Agostini. A modernised sequel of PM '99 with full data rights by FIFA. Obviously they couldn't survive without the german market segment.
There once been famous German games that kind, all gone.
Gone alltogether because of a small number of German football officials creating an EA-monopolis giving a **** on EU-regulations forbidding exactly that.
EU too fights software piracy. But why should I illegally buy a game via internet that still I have to pirate to be able to use it?
It is a perversion that the EU-comission forces me and others into piracy by not enforcing there laws here.
Every year there is a German language file somewhere on the internet. If I paste it into the game, by laws, this is criminal software piracy, because of altering the original work.
Also because SI/SEGA (like others too) are expelled from the German market -they are not allowed to sell the FM here- I can't legally activate it from here. So even if I would buy (wich I would if it was legally in stores here) I still have to use a crack to be able to play it.
This makes me a software pirat even if I buy the game. That can't be intended by EU's anti piracy politics.
The EA-Soccer-Manager-Monopolis (not correct to use Football as it's made by barbarian Americans) is not a minor issue. Because it is sympthomatic for European stonage politics concernig media.
Try for example to access live progamms of the BBC from out Germany or from ZDF from out the UK via internet. Works only with additional software that virtually puts Your PC into the other country. For sure not really legal. But it is fully legal and no problem to watch the same TV programmes via satellite.
That follows the same principles. Some idiots still can't understand that there is no more national authority over whatever media. It can't be as it is outdated simply by commonly spread modern technology.
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