>>AFAIK, if _you_ get _any_ *benefit* from what you put on your website (via >>ads, affiliate links, whatever)
Yes correct, everything that increases your "richness" or saves you money, counts as remuneration. Doesn’t matter if its money, if its affiliate links, if its donations, if its free service in exchange for other's free service or whatever. Even running your website on a free webhost that uses ads placed on your website to cover the server costs, counts as remuneration. Note that it needs to be business-like AND be offered for remuneration. Note that things that aren't technically worth money, doesn't count, so if you get more friends, more comments on your articles, or personal joy out of running a website, it doesn't count. >> German media law What I understand, this is telecommunication law, not media law. Media law is about who is allowed to broadcast, and telecommunication is about who is allowed to operate telecommunications equipment commercially. It might be so that we have 2 laws about imprint in German, one stricter, that requires more information, when it’s a business-like service for remuneration, and a broadcast law, that applies to everyone else, including some privately operated public services too, requiring less of a imprint to protect personal information. >>Wifi and responsibility. I know about that, its because one without a telecommunications license are not permitted to refuse responsibility. It’s the same that if you operate a rental car company and have a rental license, you can show the contract to get any parking fee's redirected, but if you don't have rental license, then you have to swallow the parking fees yourself when you loan out the car. >>So different legislation; in Germany, Yeah. That applies to all commercial offers, even for free. Commercial offers means that either a legal person provides it, OR a service for financial gain, then it’s a "commercial" service. That’s different from remuneration, because if you share wifi in your home and split the cost, you don't get commercial gain for it, and then you are allowed without notification.
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