It depends. I was just generalizing. Some countries require permission when you host a service that is usually provided by telecom operators. (for example mail service) and make it available to the public.
Germany and Sweden do not. And only paid online services require a imprint, free OR personal online services do not in germany. Running a hosting company sometimes require permission, even if a normal connection is required to operate a hosting company, just because some countries have decided hosting companies fall into the telecom category. It just depends on country. -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> Skickat: den 22 oktober 2022 23:34 Till: mailop@mailop.org Ämne: Re: [mailop] Tangent: Banks and imprint requirements in Germany Dnia 22.10.2022 o godz. 19:06:25 Sebastian Nielsen via mailop pisze: > > That’s why, running a PAID online service usually requires permission > from the government too, so the government can do regular visits and > checks to ensure you do the maintenance and provide the safety you > promise or what can be expected by a customer. Does it really require a permission in Germany to run an online service? Does some governmental agency really visit the company and checks anything? Usually such restrictions and requirements apply only if you are a telecom operator, ie. have your own network and the main service you provide is connectivity (with an emphasis on voice connectivity ie. telephone service) over that network. But to be just a hosting company, or a mail service provider, using existing networks operated by other entities, in most countries that I know, requires only to be legally registered as a company. It's a business like any other business and nobody needs to have any permission nor is checked by any governmental agencies for quality requirements. If it's different in Germany then I am really, really very surprised. -- Regards, Jaroslaw Rafa r...@rafa.eu.org -- "In a million years, when kids go to school, they're gonna know: once there was a Hushpuppy, and she lived with her daddy in the Bathtub." _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
