FC: German government forces deletion of Ogrish.com domain

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[Note to controversial sites that may be illegal under German law but legal 
here: Register your domains in the U.S. --Declan]

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   German registrar bans Web site
   By Declan McCullagh
   February 11, 2003, 5:54 PM PT

   update A domain name registrar in Germany has deleted the registration
   for a gruesome U.S.-based online photo gallery that featured
   stomach-wrenching images from autopsies and medical procedures.

   Computer Service Langenbach, which operates the Joker.com registrar in
   Dusseldorf, Germany, yanked the Ogrish.com domain name from its
   database this week in response to a request from a German prosecutor,
   said the hosting service and the owner of the site Tuesday. [...]

   In an e-mail message to CNET News.com on Wednesday, Joker.com said the
   domain name was deleted because of a Jan. 26 order from
   Staatsanwaltschaft Dusseldorf, the public prosecutor's office. The
   alleged offense was "gewaltverherrlichung, and could be translated as
   glamorizing brutal force," the company said.

   [...]




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