2009/4/23 David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com>: > http://newteevee.com/2009/04/20/achtung-youtube-germany-proposes-federal-id-checks-for-online-video-sites/ > > German readers - how much of a danger is this? Is Commons enough of a > "video site"?
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. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
