By: Stefan
Once this system has been established in Germany out government and others who profit from this system will start to push it into EU law.
View ArticleBy: Marcus
it's nuts. I'm trying to work out how on earth to set up a blog that has a "sender time". That's right, they also want "adult" (grown up) content to only be shown at night. When the kids are in bed....
View ArticleBy: Nico
It is the beginning of censorship. Walk on by...wait some month, and some critical blogs got in trouble for writing in "an adult style". They will have to pay the lawyer and maybe they close the blog...
View ArticleBy: John Daly
Yes it is nuts. Simple solution - move content to a hoster such as PRQ.se, or Iceland, register a .com or .eu and publish anonymously. Throw .de out of the window.
View ArticleBy: Ute
Well, it is idotic for sure, but fortunately, it's not quite as bad as it sounds. For one thing, the age certificate will be implemented by means of meta tags which are then read by protection software...
View ArticleBy: anti
Erm, did any of you actually read the law? there is not much new in it. It mostly clarifies existing laws. The new part is that you get "one free strike" which is a huge improvement and keeps the...
View ArticleBy: Henning Petersen
Yup, the hype in the German blogosphere seems utterly confused. The law does not seem to change anything, this is yet another misinformed internet meme.
View ArticleBy: konaya
Just purchase another non-.de domain and do a 301 wildcard redirect. What's the big deal? Or better yet, just put up a message asking everyone to take note of the change of address, and then drop the...
View ArticleBy: James Crowley
"It also reiterates on the fact that only commercial sites and sites _aimed_ at minors need to implement the classification." What counts as a commercial site? If someone sticks AdSense on their blog...
View ArticleBy: Ute
@James Crowley: A.f.a.i.k. yes, as soon as you place or tolerate any ad(s) whatsoever on your blog it counts as commercial.
View ArticleBy: rich the engineer
"the Greens, a party apparently devoted to civil liberties" Maybe for animals and plants, but not for humans. The Greens are a gang of eco-nazis, crazier than the originals, who were all insane asylum...
View ArticleBy: je
of course national law is not meant to work for the internet, only affecting .de domains is like meaningless. anyway i think it's a good idea to protect youngsters. having access to many content not...
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