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Germany has been successful in shaking of attempts to censor the net. Also the pirate party is gaining support every day and is at 11% on the federal level and

Germany has been successful in shaking of attempts to censor the net. Also the pirate party is gaining support every day and is at 11% on the federal level and entered a couple state parliaments.

silvestrov 14y ago
But Germany do censor a lot, they're #2 in Google 'Censorship' Rankings: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,690569,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,690569,00... A lot of YouTube videos cannot be played in Germany.
- factorial 14y ago
  In Germany, there is also an army of lawyers working for the content industry. They'll have your traffic monitored and if you happend to get caught torrenting an mp3 or movie, they'll try to extort about 1,000 Euros per instance from you. That this is legal tells a lot about that country.
- weinzierl 14y ago
  I live in Germany and I have gotten into a habit to completely ignore Youtube links. Looking forward to an interesting video and then only see the blocking page is highly frustrating.
- rmc 14y ago
  A lot of YouTube videos cannot be played in Germany. Part of that is due to music licencing laws and not allowing it to be streamed in Germany. More of a copyright case than free speech. Though Germany does have some laws, like it's illegal to show the swastika, or to deny that the holocaust happened, etc.
darklajid 14y ago
I'd stay away from DE if you're looking for a free net. I'm a supporter of the Pirate Party, but the recent history (think Ursula von der Leyen, who constantly tries to ruin different ressorts with braindead ideas) shows that the state considers censorship a viable approach to 'problems'. In addition, the EU/Brussels are delivering far too much to the US on a silver plate (travel data was the last news) and really like their data retention laws. The EU is not yet lost, but tries hard to make a lot of wrong decisions.

Germany has been successful in shaking of attempts to censor the net. Also the pirate party is gaining support every day and is at 11% on the federal level and entered a couple state parliaments.

silvestrov 14y ago

But Germany do censor a lot, they're #2 in Google 'Censorship' Rankings: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,690569,00.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,690569,00... A lot of YouTube videos cannot be played in Germany.

factorial 14y ago
In Germany, there is also an army of lawyers working for the content industry. They'll have your traffic monitored and if you happend to get caught torrenting an mp3 or movie, they'll try to extort about 1,000 Euros per instance from you. That this is legal tells a lot about that country.
weinzierl 14y ago
I live in Germany and I have gotten into a habit to completely ignore Youtube links. Looking forward to an interesting video and then only see the blocking page is highly frustrating.
rmc 14y ago
A lot of YouTube videos cannot be played in Germany. Part of that is due to music licencing laws and not allowing it to be streamed in Germany. More of a copyright case than free speech. Though Germany does have some laws, like it's illegal to show the swastika, or to deny that the holocaust happened, etc.

darklajid 14y ago

I'd stay away from DE if you're looking for a free net. I'm a supporter of the Pirate Party, but the recent history (think Ursula von der Leyen, who constantly tries to ruin different ressorts with braindead ideas) shows that the state considers censorship a viable approach to 'problems'. In addition, the EU/Brussels are delivering far too much to the US on a silver plate (travel data was the last news) and really like their data retention laws. The EU is not yet lost, but tries hard to make a lot of wrong decisions.