Hamburg Court: Forum Operators are Liable for Comments
am 23.04.2006 von http://lawjustice.blogspot.comThe first-instance district court of Hamburg has handed down its written statement on its ruling of December 02, 2005 on liability for forums. The statements refers to web forums as an especially dangerous feature. Those who operate such a source of trouble, the court argued, must be held especially liable. Heise Zeitschriften Verlag …
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