Third Party EMail with Ad
am 27.11.2005 von http://www.recht.us/amlaw
CK - Washington. Who, if anybody, should be civilly liable for an EMail that contains a product recommendation from a business website as well as advertising and is triggered by a visitor to a website that offers its visitors to send out recommendations to friends and family but fails to disclose that advertising will be added to the recommendation? On October 25, 2005, the Nürnberg Court of Appeals decided that issue in the matter 3 U 1084/05, published at Affiliate & Recht in German.
The court explained that the mere availability of a product recommendation with a feature to have it sent via EMail by a visitor to a third party, despite lacking consent from the third party, does not violate the unfair competition statute, §7(2)(3) UWG, as long as the operator of the website does not add undisclosed advertising that goes beyond the product recommendation.
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