[OpenWireless Tech] Germany Court ruling affects open wifi

[Christian Huldt]

But wouldn't that open for an analogy with snailmail and open the mail 
service for liability for any "terrorist threats" etc?
I firmly believe that this should be overthrown at a higher level, but 
don't trust the EU enough to want to gamble...


Natanael skrev 2012-11-24 19:36:
> The way the article describes it, Tor outproxies would be liable too.
> I2P and all other networks like it too, even Gnunet.
>
> He is essentially saying that the messenger is liable for the contents
> of the message even if he can't know what it is. Which means that to
> avoid liability you can't pass on messages you don't know is legal.
>
> Steganography, anyone?
>
> Den 24 nov 2012 19:17 skrev "Sam Gleske" <sam.mxracer at gmail.com
> <mailto:sam.mxracer at gmail.com>>:
>
>     https://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-file-sharing-ruled-illegal-by-german-court-121123/
>
>     For those concerned about legal ramifications of running an open
>     Wi-Fi access point a German court has ruled that the owners of the
>     network are responsible for their users.
>
>     This affects the open wireless movement.
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