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During a case against some Internet Cafe owners who allowed their customers to play Online Chess and other games, a local court in Thessaloniki declared the law unconstitutional. More than 300 people were gathered outside the court in support of the Internet cafe owners. The European Commission sent an official letter to the Greek Foreign Ministry explaining that the law may be in conflict with European legislation. In that case, the European Court Of Justice could take action against Greece. The law would affect both Greek citizens and foreigners. On September 24 , 2002 government officials published a document in an effort to clarify the controversial articles of the law. After the EU intervention and debates with the Internet cafe owners, the Government passed a new decision (1107414/1491/T. & E. F.), published in the Government Gazette issue 1827, on December 8 , 2003 . The new law clarifies some articles of 3037/2002 but it still bans Video Game s in Internet cafes, and Computer Software which delete or Encrypt files on Hard Disk s of computers owned by Internet cafes. The law is currently suspended and deprecated as anticonstitutional; therefore, it is not being enforced. RELATED EVENTS On January 14 , 2004 , the Greek police raided Internet cafes in Larissa , as reported by '' Eleftherotypia '' newspaper. Eighty computers were taken by the police as evidence, and three Internet cafe owners were arrested. See {Link without Title} On February 10 , 2005 European Parliament Committee On Petitions referred Greece to the European Court Of Justice over its ban on electronic games. See {Link without Title} EXTERNAL LINKS
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