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No, it's just Germany that has this stupid rule. Yes, it's ridiculous but has that ever kept politicians from implementing legislation? Germany is particularly
by BjoernKW 10y ago
No, it's just Germany that has this stupid rule. Yes, it's ridiculous but has that ever kept politicians from implementing legislation?
Germany is particularly notorious when it comes to useless, ridiculous and downright detrimental laws regarding anything that has to do with the Internet, notable examples being the so-called 'Leistungsschutzrecht' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leistungsschutzrecht https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leistungsschutzrecht ) and the 'Impressumspflicht' (legal notice requirements for websites)
- kpcyrd 10y agoThe Impressumpflicht that is applied to websites now, is based on a law from 1530[1] [1]: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressumspflicht#Geschichte https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressumspflicht#Geschichte
- germanier 10y agoThe idea is old but the law now applied to websites was deliberately extended to the internet.
- DasIch 10y agoI don't think the law actually explicitly affects wifi, that's just a consequence. The concept of Störerhaftung precedes wifi by quite a bit.
- pluma 10y agoIt's a "happy accident" for the content industry, though. Can't figure out who fileshared your mp3? Just sue the person running the public WiFi. There have been several attempts to sue Freifunk (basically a public mesh WiFi using tunnelled connections) participants this way too, luckily so far that hasn't resulted in a single "victory" yet.