Raptros
Red Federation
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Posted - 2012.11.20 20:09:00 -
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And have been denied bail and could face up to 20 years in prison.
Quote:Facing up to 20 years in prison, for taking pictures of an island, just like countless other tourists before them, the Czech developers are being charged with espionage. Only because they happen to work on a computer game, a game that portrays Greece as a battlefield for a fictional futuristic conflict between the USA and Iran in the year 2035.
Ivan and Martin are no spies, but passionate community members, dedicated to the game and its experience for the player. Many of us have witnessed Ivan talking in interviews passionately about the progress of ARMA3 and all the new features, also developed by Martin.
It's time to show our support, not only as a community, but as players and concerned citizens, for two developers, who now face a lifetime in prison for an unfortunate misunderstanding.
The Greek prosecutors say that they were doing espionage work for Turkey.
Apparently they took over 200 photos of the island for research for the game ARMA3 (or, since the game is almost finished, downloadable content for the future). Out of these 200+ photos, 7 of them had "some kind of military object" in the backgroud of the image. Really? What about many of the other tourists on that island that were taking photos? Are they spies too? Besides, most of these "military objects" can be easilly found on Google maps in clearer detail than what is shown on the photos.
The Greek prosecutors also have claimed that the developers had specilized equpment like top of the range night vision lenses/cameras and such, not available on the public market. The case file says they only had consumer electronics in their kit.
The place they are being held is absolutely disgusting, 20+ prisoners in a single cell, here are some photos:
http://petition.helpivanmartin.org/help - Bottom of the page, on the right hand side.
Now correct me if i'm wrong, but doesn't Greece have enough problems?
Sources:
http://petition.helpivanmartin.org/
http://www.helpivanmartin.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-MA...eature=g-all-u - Up untill 4:50
Tl;DR - Two developers detained in Greece for "espionage" work when in fact they were working on the game ARMA3. |