Happy End in Freude
am 24.04.2006 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Washington. As reported on April 24, 2006 by Netzpolitik.org, the Freude appeal confirmed the dismissal of the criminal charges against Alvin Freude who used links on his satire web site which the prosecution deemed offensive to the anti-Nazi statutes that limit free speech in Germany. In Berlin Blawg, former GALJ author and intern, now a link litigator in Berlin, Sebastian Wolff-Marting, …
Links Remain Legal
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Internet links to web sites published by others remain legal in Germany, and the mention of names disclosed on such other sites is also legal, the Berlin district court confirmed in its April 20, 2006 judgment in the matter 27…
BGV - Das Happy End
RSV-Blog / Über die beiden ersten Akte hatte ich bereits berichtet - unberechtigte Deckungsverweigerung und teilweise Nichtzahlung des Vorschusses, dann Zahlungsaufforderung durch mich mit Vollmacht des Mandanten und Zahlung des Restvorschusses seitens des BGV…
Censorship Trial for a Web Link
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Alvar Freude founded ODEM.org, a German website that promotes online demonstrations. Freude will be tried in a Stuttgart court on October 7, 2004. The offense: ODEM.org discussed censorship. The article contains a link to a…
Free Speech Upheld
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Alvar Freude properly used satire on his Odem.org web site to warn of threats to free speech principles, the Stuttgart appellate court held today, see our prior coverage. Simons Blawg covered the hearing, apparently live, and…
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…
Legal News: Final or Risky
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Reporting on court decisions can be risky. A German court almost held an owner of a website liable for defamation after a party mentioned in a decision reported on the site succeeded in having the decision amended and then sue…
Wegweisendes Urteil zum Thema Linkhaftung
BERLIN BLAWG / Nach einem Bericht bei netzpolitik.org ist Internetaktivist Alavar Freude auch vor dem OLG Stuttgart freigesprochen worden. Freude hatte zu Dokumentationszwecken auf ausländische Seiten verlinkt, die nach deutschem Recht beurteilt, volksverhetz…
STRAFSACHE FREUDE: 2. RUNDE
LawBlog / Der Prozess um die Frage, ob der Internetaktivist Alvar Freude Volksverhetzung betrieben hat, geht am Mittwoch in die zweite Runde. Dann wird vor dem Landgericht Freudes Berufung gegen die Strafe verhandelt, zu der ihn das Amtsgericht Stuttgart veru…
