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Jurisdiction of Germany.
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Is viewing pornographic content with questionable consent of depicted person illegal?
Many pornographic sites have a community that is uploading videos to the site. Some of the most well-known sites like pornhub.com and xhamster.com are an example for such websites.
There are several ...
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Are PayPal reminders even valid by German laws?
What I learned so far about financial claims of outstanding payments and the ways to enforce it is:
You need, at least, to let the person receive 2 reminders which have to name a reasonable period (...
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Clarification of "Custodial Person" law in Germany?
I will be traveling to Germany from the United States for 2 weeks with my 15 year old cousin. I will be 23 years old at the time of travel. I am curious to know, for those 2 weeks, would I be ...
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Is Schmähkritik illegal in Germany and what could happen?
Jan Böhmermann made a Schmähkritik about the president of Turkey, Erdoğan. Is that illegal, what could happen? Could Erdoğan actually sue ZDF and the satirist? What would happen, if he would do that?
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Does a German visitor implicitly agree to a website’s Terms of Service when reading a page?
When Bob visits a website and reads a page, does he implicitly agree to the website’s Terms of Service?
The ToS are linked from each page (e.g., in the footer), and they say something like "By using ...
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Is "elektronische Post" (§ 5 Telemediengesetz) necessarily email?
§ 5 of the Telemediengesetz (German) lists what, for instance, website providers have to include in the typically called Impressum of the website.
The second sentence of (1) is:
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What counts as "Reisebedarf" at German gas stations?
According to the Ladenschlussgesetz, gas stations in Germany are allowed to be opened during the night and Sundays, but are only allowed to sell gas, car things (like oil) that are needed for people ...
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How legal is the current handling of refugees in germany?
I am currently living in Tübingen, Germany as an exchange student and am wondering about the legal problems they have here with the refugees. I really don't want to go into the populist discussions ...
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Invalid information in Impressum on German web site
What are the possible legal implications, and what possible recourse is there for a visitor from outside Germany, when a German website has an Impressum section with invalid contact information?
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Would collecting personal information on a server you have access to be "hacking"?
Suppose you have an account on a local domain, but you were given it only to use a local server for personal storage. If you collect personal information of employees and users in this network (such ...
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What legal reasons preventing me for not providing VAT on registration form?
I wanted to register on-line on some site (which seems to be owned by GmbH) as customer using my UK's Limited company.
However it's required for UK to provide tax details:
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I accepted a package for a neighbor which damaged my property. Who is responsible?
Imagine I accepted a package for a neighbor. The content of the box (for an example case, let's say it was a strong magnet) damaged some of my possessions.
Let's say, I placed the box on my computer ...
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Does any western European country prohibit its citizens from travelling to particular areas abroad?
In several countries, including European countries, there are public worries about citizens travelling to Syria. Although those press reports are not always precise, what is usually meant is people ...
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Speed on speed sign not readable
Where I am, we had the first few centimeters of snow today. On the way to work, some speed limit signs were unreadable. Now, I knew what they said because I drive this way every day, but if I didn't, ...
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ARD ZDF - "Enforcement Letter"
I am a master's student in Germany, and I live in a private flat share of 5 people for the past three years. I am not a native German and MAINLY NEITHER OF THE FLAT MATES OR MYSELF OWN A TELEVISION OR ...
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Why was the Armenian assassin of Talat Pasha acquitted for murder?
The Armenian assassin of the ex-Ottoman Grand Vizier Talat Pasha, Soghomon Tehlirian was acquitted of murder in his trial. His defence was that he was killing Talat Pasha in retaliation for his crimes ...
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Rules for Pseudonoyms?
What are the rules for pseudonyms, especially when used online? May I use a Ph.D. in my alias even if I don't have one? May I use a royal title in my pseudonym? Could I be sued for it and what would ...
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Implied insults
What are the legal differences between an explicit insult, that qualifies as slander, and an implication of the same insult?
I am a German citizen, so I'd prefer answers applicable to Germany. But ...
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Does Germany offer refugees a path to citizenship?
Refugees have been flooding into Germany. Under German law do these refugees have a path to citizenship? Or if their situation is temporary would they be expected to leave the country when asked?
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Is it illegal to sell malware?
Is it illegal to produce and sell malware?
If no, is there any data I need to collect on the customers?
Is it illegal to produce and sell Crypters(programs that hide other programs from antivirus)?
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Working after-hours and in weekends in Germany
I recently heard that in 2013, Germany banned out-of-hours working. This article says:
Germany's employment ministry has banned its managers from calling or emailing staff out of hours except in ...
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DHL lost packet, Sender does not answer
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I bought a notebook online from a private person. As he lives to far away, we agreed on he sending it via DHL. I paid the money, he took the packet to the mail office, but the packet got ...
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Overtime salary in Germany
I have a work agreement and there is a point:
The gross monthly salary shall also discharge any extra work or overtime.
What does it mean? Does it mean that I get extra pay for overtime or it means ...
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Is contract valid if only one side signed it?
The company sent me the contract, I signed it and returned back to them, so now they should sign and send me the copy.
In Germany, what if they decide to not sign and withdraw the process. What one ...
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Is a general Indemnification rule related to IP enforcable in Germany?
I, living in Germany, am developing an app based on the API of a company that has to following rules in their Legal section:
... don't want to get sued. Therefore, you agree that we can use, copy, ...
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