[Foundation-l] YouPorn in Germany: Another ugly legal case

[Sebastian Moleski]

On 10/22/07, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> On 10/22/07, Mathias Schindler <mathias.schindler at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Youporn had the specific problem of providing hardcore pornography
> > available to people without age verification. This is a problem we are
> > actually not faced with
>
> Of course not. The risk here is of a slippery slope. If this goes
> through, ThePirateBay.org is next - and then _every_ website will be a
> potential target under German law, whether it targets a German
> speaking audience or not. There's a potential for things to get really
> ugly for German Internet users.


It's just a preliminary injunction, not a final court ruling. I wouldn't get
alarmed at this quite yet and prophesize the end of the internet in Germany.

Sebastian