FC: German court bans foreign Nazi web sites; Gore stakeout photos

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

So on my way back from the NAS panel 
(http://www.mccullagh.org/image/950-18/herb-lin.html) yesterday, I stopped 
by the press stakeout outside the vice president's residence on Mass. Ave. 
Some photos of the scene, which is where Gore returned after his concession 
speech last night:
http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/gore-concession-stakeout.html

There was only one protester, who was, oddly, pro-Bush, though his sign is 
misleading:
http://www.mccullagh.org/image/950-18/gore-stakeout-2.html

A far cry from the earlier protests outside the Supreme Court (maybe even 
the activists were getting exhausted):
http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/supreme-court-bush-gore-arguments.html

The below development, BTW, has precedent. In early 1996 the German 
government pressured T-Online to block access to WebCom, an ISP in Santa 
Cruz, for carrying Ernst Zundel's Holocaust revisionist screeds:
http://www.mccullagh.org/cgi-bin/photosearch.cgi?name=zundel

-Declan

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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 16:21:58 -0700
From: "Ralph S. Hoefelmeyer" <ralph.hoefelmeyer () wcom com>
Subject: GERMAN COURT BANS FOREIGN NAZI WEB SITES
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>

Declan,
Wow, another European court with no clue.  Why am I not surprised?
Ralph

GERMAN COURT BANS FOREIGN NAZI WEB SITES

Posted at December 13, 2000 08:33 AM Pacific

GERMANY'S HIGHEST COURT on civil affairs, the
Bundesgerichtshof, ruled Tuesday that the country's
laws against Nazi propaganda can be applied even to
Web sites located outside of Germany.

Overturning a lower court ruling, the court found that
German authorities can legally act against foreigners
who place illegal material on Web servers that are
accessible in Germany, said court spokesman Wolfgang Krüger.


For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/12/13/001213hnbanger.xml?1213wepm





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