HHow to Kill the Internet
am 01.01.1970 von German American Law Journal :: American EditionCK - 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 language that insulates Internet providers from liability and holding operators of Wifi networks responsible for the acts of third parties that use them. They hold domain name administrators liable for the content of websites regardless of who has control over the content, except for Google which remains exempt with respect to Usenet messages--but then perhaps not, under a June 15, 2007 decision in the matter 308 O 325/07 which covers the entire spectrum of Usenet relays. They expect Internet forum operators to screen postings and owners of wireless routers to dam their devices. Wifi devices such as the Netgear Skype phone would be useless in Hamburg, and neighbors helping neighbors with a router failure would be a legal nightmare. Likewise, those courts condemn interactive web sites and any associated technical innovation to a swift death. Telemedicus published a May 31, 2007 decision from Hamburg, docket number 3 W 110/07, that also bars domain names similar to names held by companies. The case relates to a blog critical of a business. OLG-Hamburg-Watch.com would be verboten if OLG stood for a company, not the court of appeals. Fortunately, that ruling is merely a TRO but it demonstrates a certain mind-set.Often, other courts in Germany decide quite differently although some Hamburg …
Hamburg Trips Forum
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - 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 pu…
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…
German Fear of Anonymity
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Another nail in the wireless Internet coffin. By summary order, the Düsseldorf appellate court announced that WiFi users should install password protection and encryption in order to insulate themselves from contributory…
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…
Domain is Property
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The domainundrecht.de blog analyzes the recent German Constitution Supreme Court decision, docket number 1 BVR 1306/02, of November 24, 2004, involving the ad-acta company and the ad-acta.de domain, both held by different part…
Organism Liability of Online Vendors
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Contributory liability for acts of others has developed into a headache also for so-called affiliate marketing programs on the Internet. In such systems, a vendor contracts with an aggregator that provides access to websites…
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