Fines, flogging, or imprisonment. At least one of those, I'd imagine, depending on their luck with the ruling.Does anyone know what the penalties in Iran are for these alleged violations or is this just a thread where folks get to exercise their Orientalist worldviews?
Islamic Penal Code of the Islamic Public of Iran - Chapter 18 said:Article 640– The following individuals shall be sentenced to three months to one year of imprisonment and a fine of one million and five hundred Rials to six million Rials and up to 74 lashes or to one or two of the above punishments.
1 – Anyone who, for distribution and business purposes, displays and shows to the public, or produces or keeps any writing or design, gravure, painting, picture, newspapers, advertisements, signs, film, cinema movie, or basically anything, that violates public prudency and morality.
2 – Anyone who, whether personally or through someone else, for the abovementioned purposes, imports or exports the aforementioned objects, or by any means deals or acts as a broker to the [abovementioned] business or any other businesses, or benefits from renting the said objects.
3 – Anyone who, by any means, advertises to encourage dealing and promoting the abovementioned objects, or introduces people who commit the abovementioned illegal acts, or the place the said objects can be obtained.
Note 1- This article is not applicable in the case of objects that are obtained or bought or sold or used in accordance to the Shari'a rules and for scientific or any other permitted reasonable purposes.
Note 2- The object mentioned in this article shall be seized and their contents shall be removed and then shall be submitted to the relevant state organ to be used properly.
they've been summoned to the "ethics police" for questioning, they say they have to go to court next. they have a private party that's taking them to court over the content of the game.I hope OP adds some context to this, because I'm a bit lost here. "The court" is a bit of a pointless statement, without us knowing which court.
I'm honestly not sure. Maybe (and this is just speculation on my part) because the devs are from Iran, they have to show up or there will be some kind of consequence.
i might be mistaken but some of them (including the person who's making the tweet in the OP) live in iran. they've already been questioned.I'm honestly not sure. Maybe (and this is just speculation on my part) because the devs are from Iran, they have to show up or there will be some kind of consequence.
believe it or not, it doesn't work like that in Iran! the law has a lot of backdoors.That's... odd.
If they self published in Iran then I could see mistakes being made here because there is a big reason why developers try to hook up with publishers to avoid legal penalties.
If they negotiated with another company to publish on their behalf then that publisher fucked up to a degree that they should've known better because it is their job to protect the developers from scenarios like this.
they've been summoned to the "ethics police" for questioning, they say they have to go to court next. they have a private party that's taking them to court over the content of the game.
I think not if they're published in Iran.
from iran, the same country as at least some of the devs. yes they have to comply.The ethics police where? Who are the ethics police? From which country? The same as the devs? Does anything say that they have comply even the slightest?
Get your priorities straight.This better not affect the Roadmap, the game has an insame amount of potential and it's already great.
Moral security police? Oh boyThe tweet mentions the "Moral Security Police" so likely from the devs home country of Iran.
That isn't really something to joke about either.I sent a Tweet saying:
"No worries... My country will send a drone to assassinate the lawsuit against your client."
lol.
Does anyone know what the penalties in Iran are for these alleged violations or is this just a thread where folks get to exercise their Orientalist worldviews?
I sent a Tweet saying:
"No worries... My country will send a drone to assassinate the lawsuit against your client."
lol.
This better not affect the Roadmap, the game has an insame amount of potential and it's already great.
Bruh moment. Come on now
RIP
I sent a Tweet saying:
"No worries... My country will send a drone to assassinate the lawsuit against your client."
lol.
Judging by the "unethical" examples, no it can't be completely dismissed sadly.What's the best case for the dev here? Can it be dismissed? Surely worst case is they do jail time and have their product pulled?
My reaction as well. That's quite the jump. I'm even a bit surprised they still exist, tbh. 👀Say whaaaaaaaaat????
Goddamn, good on them for putting out such a well received game.
Hope whatever this situation implies works out for them.
If only it was that easy... sigh
What an insensitive post. There is nothing funny about your shitty jokes knowing that A) The US is attempting to start a war with Iran and B) The developers are having to go through this mess.I sent a Tweet saying:
"No worries... My country will send a drone to assassinate the lawsuit against your client."
lol.
Cases like this are generally handled not in legal courts but in Sharia courts and it's all up to the judgment of the judges. Reports of blasphemy cases from Iran show all kinds of punishments, including capital. Who knows how far they'll go. In situations like this, it's pretty terrifying because you have no expectations as to how bad it can go. It's designed to intimidate people. Oh and I grew up in the Middle East, for your reference
edit: it doesn't matter if it's not published in Iran. These sharia courts are not legal courts. They can argue whatever they want.
If they were going to seek refuge elsewhere they should have done it before this. Now it's going to be very difficult.
This better not affect the Roadmap, the game has an insame amount of potential and it's already great.
then gtfo you're just trolling
Classic Islam.
It was funny, don't listen to the boring fucks.