Doom is now legal in Germany, “no longer a threat to children”. Phew.
After two decades, the FPS classic Doom is now legal in Germany, having finally been removed from the list of media harmful to young people. Buncha Nazis.
Doom, along with its sequel Doom 2, were removed from the list - simply referred to as the Index - after an appeal filed by current copyright owner ZeniMax Media, which also happens to own Bethesda Softworks.
The index, maintained by the slightly Orwellian sounding Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons, is essentially Germany’s answer to an Adults Only rating, and is mostly used to limit minors’ access to the nation’s distinct brand of hardcore pornography. Being indexed means a title cannot be sold, advertised or displayed anywhere inquisitive young kiddywinks might venture. The index also places a great deal of restriction on how the title is sold via mail order, essentially limiting sales of indexed titles to seedy brick-and-mortar stores.
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