Organism Liability of Online Vendors
am 05.01.2008 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - 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 of unrelated parties with whom the aggregator contracts for advertising space, unless the vendor contracts directly with a web space provider, such as a blogger. The space providers receive from vendors or aggregators payment for sales, leads or clicks on ads generated on their sites. In Germany, the vendor is usually known as the merchant and the referrer website where the ad is placed and where referrals to the vendor website originate is known as the affiliate, whether or not the contractual arrangement provides for an affiliation in a legal sense. An important issue for vendors is whether they remain insulated from liability for illegal content or omitted or insufficient disclosures on referrers websites where vendors ads appear. An overview of recent case law on the issue exists at the Affiliate und Recht website. Its operator relates a new decision on the Dr-Bahr website that holds the vendor civilly liable for infringements on referrer sites. On December 12, 2007, the Potsdam district court held in the matter Az. 52 O 67/07 that the vendor is not insulated from liability for violations of the unfair competition statute, UWG, by the referrer. The violation in that matter consists of a privacy statement that the court found insufficient under German data protection law. The …
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…
Mailorder Spam Liability
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In a case reported to a German legal mailing list, Bert Handschumacher notes a new case extending contributory liability for violation of the German anit-spam statute to non-mailers. On November 22, 2005, the Berlin district c…
Relief for Websites
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The Fachschaft-Jura blog reports of an appeals court ruling from Hamm that appears to reduce the obligations imposed on website operators under German law. The court held no statutory or other rule in German or European Union…
Internet Auction and Trademark
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. After a recent change in the law on online provider liability, the German Supreme Court confirmed its prior view on the liability shield for internet service providers in cases of trademark violations committed by their custo…
Internet Law in English
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In Germany, internet law springs from various sources. An important, European Union-aligned statute addresses identification and removal requirements for content providers. Although in apparent conflict with various constitut…
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,…
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