Hamburg Trips Forum
am 01.01.1970 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Washington. As it has done before, the Hamburg district court showed its disdain for free expression on the Internet on April 27, 2007. The new decision in the matter 324 O 600/06 goes further than its prior rulings and calls comments published in an Internet forum the forum owners own expressions. The court had previously moved in the direction of attributing such comments to the owner as a matter of vicarious liability. Various legal commenters doubt that the new holding is compatible with the view of the supreme court in Karlsruhe …
Value Judgment and Defamation
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / GC - Washington. In addressing the liability of an internet forum provider, the court of appeals, OLG, in Koblenz, Germany decided July 12, 2007 in the matter 2 U 862/06 that it is within the scope of freedom of expression to criticize a busi…
Internet Survives Düsseldorf
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The buzz on German blogs is the newest decision on the liability of forum providers for visitor comments. The well-informed Berlin Blawg publishes the Düsseldorf Court of Appeals decision in the matter I-15 U 21/06 of Jun…
Mouse Roars, Stops Comments
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In the scheme of Germany justice, the Hamburg District Court is an insignificant court of first instance except that its 24th division, the press chamber, acquired notoriety under its chief judge Buske. Buske is well-known an…
Hamburg Court: Forum Operators are Liable for Comments
Law & Justice / The 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…
Forum Liability in Supreme Court
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Conflicting positions by various courts characterized the German legal landscape in the realm of vacarious liability for the publication of libelous statements in forums on the Internet. Is the ISP or operator of a forum liab…
HHow to Kill the Internet
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. … Or: Hamburg, again. Courts in Hamburg--city tag for motor vehicles: HH--almost single-handedly manage to kill the Internet in Germany. As observed here before, they publish extravagant rulings defying the statutory …
Free Speech Victory for Blog
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The pendulum swings again: At least non-commercial German bloggers are not responsible for third-party comments, a Frankfurt court decided on July 16, 2008 in the matter 31 C 2575/07-01. The decision flies in the face of some…
Forum Owner Liable for Visitor Action
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. German courts are pushing internet operators ever harder. A June 6, 2005 decision by the Winsen a.d. Luhe court holds the operator of an internet forum responsible for comments by a visitor. The visitor added a fake mug shot t…
Milestone in Copyright Jungle
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Along the zigzagging course of German rulings through the jungle of contributory liability for copyright violations, the Frankfurt court of appeals set a milestone now available at Medien Internet und Recht. The December 20,…
Forum Shopping in Germany
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. A regularly heard criticism of the American legal system in Germany is the seemingly limitless number of fora eager to hear cases against out-of-town defendants. The same nirvana for plaintiffs exists in Germany, under case la…
Anonymous Defamation on American Servers?
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Two German decisions on the liability of forum owners for objectionable comments left on web sites may lead to more users in Germany moving questionable discussions to American servers. Although forum providers enjoy some insu…
Freezing Speech Massively
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In a critical April 19, 2006 analysis, Vertretbar Weblawg predicts splintered approaches to the issue of civil liability of Internet communication forum providers for comments by visitors. The author examines the decision know…
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