[Note to controversial sites that may be illegal under German law but legal here: Register your domains in the U.S. --Declan] --- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-984248.html German registrar bans Web site By Declan McCullagh February 11, 2003, 5:54 PM PT update A domain name registrar in Germany has deleted the registration for a gruesome U.S.-based online photo gallery that featured stomach-wrenching images from autopsies and medical procedures. Computer Service Langenbach, which operates the Joker.com registrar in Dusseldorf, Germany, yanked the Ogrish.com domain name from its database this week in response to a request from a German prosecutor, said the hosting service and the owner of the site Tuesday. [...] In an e-mail message to CNET News.com on Wednesday, Joker.com said the domain name was deleted because of a Jan. 26 order from Staatsanwaltschaft Dusseldorf, the public prosecutor's office. The alleged offense was "gewaltverherrlichung, and could be translated as glamorizing brutal force," the company said. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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