German Court Tells Telco It Can't Advertise On BitTorrent Search Engine
from the you-can-only-advertise-on-sites-we-like dept
A German court has apparently not only decided that it doesn't like bittorrent search engines, but that it's somehow illegal to advertise on one. Specifically, the court has banned the telco Arcor from advertising on the BitTorrent tracker site BitReactor.to. This seems odd for a variety of reasons. First of all, BitTorrent tracker sites are really no different than search engines, meaning that it's a bit of a stretch to claim that they're inherently illegal. But, more importantly, why should the court have any say in where a company chooses to advertise?
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Wow...
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Only the first shot ...
Want until the final court ruling before passing judgement.
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everything is against some german law
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Isn't socialism awesome!
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when will it end?
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Re: everything is against some german law
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no reason to wonder
It's just hopeless here, to issue anything tech related. No competent people in the public. And rather really few in the courts.
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