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Dutch Judge Cracks Down on Hyperlinks

Posted by michael on from the deep-sigh dept.

The webzine Radikal (mirrored in Holland, because it has been banned in Germany) published several articles on disabling railroad trains (in the context of preventing shipments of nuclear materials); the German national railroad discovered it, and the fun has been going on ever since. Rejo Zenger writes "Today a dutch judge ordered Indymedia NL on the request of the Deutsche Bahn to remove some links from a page on their website. These links were pointing to the mirrors of Radikal sites. A few of these sites were containing two articles that have been forbidden in court before. The links were indirect links (surface links) instead of direct ones to the articles (deeplinks). So, none of the links was pointing to the offending articles directly! The judge "orders Indymedia immediately after receiving this sentence to remove and to keep removed the hyperlinks, which are placed on (a) website(s) under the control of Indymedia, if those hyperlinks lead directly or indirectly to the Radikal articles [...]". This is BAD. As almost all links indirectly point to the Radikal articles we can abolish the web now. The announcement, Dutch with English to follow shortly. The decision of the judge (dutch only)." Indymedia's press release (English) covers it pretty well. Update: 06/21 19:54 GMT by M : My summary in the first sentence has been corrected.

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  1. FP again! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Frost pist!

  2. foo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    feh

  3. USA owned by Germany by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1:0 victory for teh Germans.
    CNN: average US penis shrinks by 2 inches.

    1. Re:USA owned by Germany by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      That would actually be funny if the US gave a shit about soccer. Alas we don't, our dicks remain uneffected.

    2. Re:USA owned by Germany by FatherOfONe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      What did Germany beat the U.S. in?

      Basketball is over, so it isn't that.
      American Football hasn't begun yet.
      Baseball is going on but I didn't hear anything about it...

      Wow it must be some other sport that nobody in the U.S.A. cares about...

      Was it some Quake tournament? No because that would have gotten some attention over here in the states, and not to mention the fact that Germany wouldn't stand a chance.

      Ahhh it must be hocky. One of those winter sports that Germany is ok at. Wait a second, it can't be hocky because it is in the middle of freakin summer.

      It must be a sport that is even lower down the list of coverage and excitement...

      Softball? Noboby follows this much, but if Germany beat the U.S.A. in womans softball then congrats to the women of Germany; and to the women of the U.S.A. at least you shave.

      Badmitten? Again congrats to the men err women of Germany.

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  4. Early Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This early post for Annabel Lee!

    It was many and many a year ago,
    In a kingdom by the sea,
    That a maiden there lived whom you may know
    By the name of     ANNABEL LEE;
    And this maiden she lived with no other thought
    Than to love and be loved by me.
    I was a child and she was a child,
    In this kingdom by the sea;
    But we loved with a love that was more than love--
    I and my     Annabel Lee;
    With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
    Coveted her and me.

    And this was the reason that, long ago,
    In this kingdom by the sea,
    A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
    My beautiful     Annabel Lee;
    So that her highborn kinsman came
    And bore her away from me,
    To shut her up in a sepulchre
    In this kingdom by the sea.

    The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
    Went envying her and me--
    Yes!--that was the reason (as all men know,
    In this kingdom by the sea)
    That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
    Chilling and killing my     Annabel Lee.

    But our love it was stronger by far than the love
    Of those who were older than we--
    Of many far wiser than we--
    And neither the angels in heaven above,
    Nor the demons down under the sea,
    Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
    Of the beautiful     Annabel Lee.

    For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
    Of the beautiful     Annabel Lee;
    And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
    Of the beautiful     Annabel Lee;
    And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
    Of my darling--my darling--my life and my bride,
    In the sepulchre there by the sea,
    In her tomb by the sounding sea.

  5. bah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i was SO CLOSE as well, i was just 6 f00kin seconds to early to press submit so got screwed :(

  6. and In-ger-land got their ass kicked aswell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    truely great news for linux!

  7. Dutch? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wasn't it German?

  8. Re:Defending the common criminal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're pathetic.

  9. Whoops! by Dilbert_ · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It seems my site has just become illegal to link to from the Netherlands!

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  10. Thank goodness... by toupsie · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Thank you Dutch! I was getting tired of having everyone bashing the USA for our stupid legal system. Its great to know that we are not the only idiots on the planet. Thanks for taking some of the heat off of us.

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    Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
  11. Re:Defending the common criminal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "1) The linked to articals where about derailing Nuclea Waste Trains, not passenger trains"

    good point. spilling nuclear waste is so much better than rolling a few people around in a train car.

  12. Re:Press release on Indymedia by estoll · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I always wondered if moderators can tell when a message was posted. Sure, this may have been redudant, but it was the first one posted. Everyone else is redudant, not me. :)

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  13. Re:Big mistake in annoucement by darien · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Strait (str't), a., sb, and adv. [ME. streit, a. OF. estreit tight, close, narrow, also as sb.:--L. strictus STRICT, pa. pple. of stringere; see STRAIN v., STRINGENT a.] A. adj. I. Tight-fitting, narrow. 1. Of a garment, etc. : Tight-fitting Obs. exc. dial. 2. Affording little room ; narrow. Of bounds, limits : narrow ...

    Oh sod it, I can't be bothered. What I'm trying to say is, it's in my dictionary.