[Foundation-l] ID requirements proposed for Germans using video sites

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/4/23 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:
> 2009/4/23 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>:
>
>> Commons isn't a German site, so I don't see a problem. The WMF has
>> always said that it intends to follow US law only and not try and
>> cater to the laws of every country in the world - that includes
>> Germany. The article mentions a plan to force German ISPs to block
>> illegal sites, but that seems to be just to do with child pornography,
>> similar to the IWF blacklist in the UK (but done officially, so it
>> might actually be accountable). It seems unlikely to me that Germany
>> would block access to non-child porn foreign sites until this law,
>> people would immeadiately start comparing it to China and I doubt they
>> want that.
>
>
> Heh. You do realise a lot of the Commons copyright rules started as
> the intersection of US and German law? That's why there's quite a lot
> of Commons admins from de:wp.

No, I didn't realise that, I don't have much to do with commons, or
images in general. I don't see how that is relevant, though.

> In any case, us saying (in diplomatic wording) "don't be silly" would
> probably carry a lot of weight.

Indeed.