Archive 19. December 2007

Creative Commons will bypass EU database protection rights - new versions specifically for Germany and EU law.

The "Süddeutsche Zeitung's" definition of "Good Samaritan" [Indiskretion Ehrensache]

New setback for music industry's cease-and-desist lawyer - "In his judgment, Judge Schulz criticizes the fact that the Rasch law firm did not notice the transposition of numbers in the correspondence with the public prosecutor's office. He also read the riot act to the latter: The transfer of the personal data behind the IP address to the lawyer had been unlawful. The Code of Criminal Procedure would not allow such a transfer of personal information by the prosecutors."