Relief for Websites
am 06.11.2004 von http://www.recht.us/amlaw
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 law requires the publication of a telephone number on a commercial website.
This ruling means relief from the threats of ever popular cease-and desist orders directed against allegedly non-compliant operators of websites with commercial contexts. See also Kochinke, Abusive Cease and Desist Demands.
A new threat develops, however, in the area of liability for links. Simons Blawg and KMU-Blog note the case of a cease and desist demand directed at a website operator who has a link to a search engine, and the search engine displays links to improper material. The liability would mean a liability for links in the second degree. Currently, there is a wave of links set by third parties to referrer lists on blogs that appear to connect quite plainly to search engines. A detailed examination of the link displays, however, a query connected with the link tag that triggers a search result with objectionable content--and no link …
Checkliste für Webseiten
Law-Blog / Immer wieder hört man von Webdesignern und privaten Betreibern von Internetseiten, dass es schwer sei, alle rechtlichen Anforderungen, die hier gestellt werden, zu kennen und diesen nachzukommen. Ohne Anspruch auf Ausführlichkeit und Vollständigke…
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…
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…
Censorship: Internet Reporter
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Today, in JungleWorld, the immateriblog.de writer Mathias Spielkamp reports on censorship in German law with respect to links to software that are deemed illegal even in objective news reports about the existence of such softw…
Domain Contact Liable
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Irrational as it may appear, German courts are beginning to hold administrative contacts for domain names civilly liable for omissions of legal requirements and violative acts. The HeymsBahr blog reports of an August 24, 2004…
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…
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…
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