German and French law (Particularly German) is sensitive to certain portrayals of the Nazi's. The movie itself is pefectly legal, but the satire using that clip is at best legally questionable and Youtube has a tendency to err on the side of caution with this sort of issue.
-Adam On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:40 AM, AlunFoto <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess you are trying to say that it's against French and German law > to provide content about a certain movie depicting a certain dictator. > That could well be, I do not know French and German law as well as you > do. :-) > > OTOH, it could also be a precaution to avoid *possible* future > lawsuits based on *interpretations* made by lawyers keen to serve some > clients. Whom are also part of a legal system. In my country, it is > often referred to as "american conditions" when someone try use the > legal system to achieve monetary compensation for so-called personal > offence. Sadly, we see more and more of it. Not to the level of > nominees for any Darwin award, but catching up. :-( > > But again, I *do* understand the French/German stance; up to a certain point. > > Jostein > > > 2008/12/15 Adam Maas <[email protected]>: >> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 3:09 AM, AlunFoto <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I've enjoyed his blog for nearly a year. He does some fine photography. >>> He wasn't my primary source for the video link, but the explanation in >>> the comments was much better than whatever I could have produced. >>> >>> I can understand that the Germans are a bit sensitive about that >>> particular part of their past. What I don't understand is why YouTube >>> has to enact censorship on their behalf. But then again with the >>> American legal system being how it is, I suppose they can't afford to >>> take any chances. >>> >>> Jostein >>> >> >> Youtube, being a subsidiary of Google, does business in France and >> Germany and must therefore obey their laws regarding content served to >> anyone using German or French registered IP's. >> >> -- >> M. Adam Maas >> http://www.mawz.ca >> Explorations of the City Around Us. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
