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

[Waerth]

Sebastian Moleski wrote:
> 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
> _______________
Unfortunately the trend seems worldwide that governments try to control 
more and more what their citizens do. This is not just a German thing. I 
notice it here where I life. And I see it happening in the Netherlands 
slowly but surely. Fortunately enough these trends usually only last for 
10-30 years or so :(

Waerth


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