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German Yahoo 'Mein Kampf' investigation halted

[Ich weiss nicht, inwieweit man German "government" woertlich nehmen darf. War wohl eher die Staatsanwaltschaft. ---AHH]

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 13:49:28 -0500 From: Chris Chiu <CCHIU@aclu.org> Subject: German Yahoo 'Mein Kampf' investigation halted To: "GILC plan (E-mail)" <gilc-plan@gilc.org> Send reply to: gilc-plan@gilc.org

The German government has halted its investigation of Yahoo regarding online auctions of Hitler's "Mein Kampf." A government spokesperson explained that Yahoo was merely a service provider and did not itself offer the book for sale. From a prosecutorial standpoint, since Yahoo was not fully aware of the Nazi content and could not take steps to prevent its sale, it could not be held criminally liable for incitement to racial hatred.

See "Germany drops Yahoo 'Mein Kampf' auction probe," Associated Press, Mar. 22, 2001 at http://usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-03-22-yahoo-germany.htm

Sincerely, Christopher Chiu Global Internet Liberty Campaign Organizer American Civil Liberties Union 125 Broad Street New York NY 10004-2400 USA Tel.: 212-549-2535 E-mail: cchiu@aclu.org

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