jurisdiction for libel on the Internet: personal privacy
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The Supreme Court has ruled that insults the Internet, in fact, personality injuries that are caused by the publication on the Internet, before German courts may be prosecuted, even if the breach as originating from a server that is abroad, even in the non-European. It is crucial, the Supreme Court also previously been in violation of law within Europe, if the Internet accessible information has an objective reference to the domestic. This is the case when the conflicting interests can actually collide collide in Germany or. He also says that the mere accessibility of information in the Internet at home is not enough to confer jurisdiction of German courts.
had decided in proceedings published by the New York Times ran an article about a person in Germany, and contacts for reputed Russian mafia. The article was available in Germany and had, at least in the opinion of the Supreme Court, a significant domestic connection. http://www.anwalt-strieder.de/ Strieder attorney, lawyer specializing in IT Law (Information Technology Law), Attorney Solingen Leverkusen