Joe K. wrote: > Anyone know enough German (or is German) who can translate the > ruling that's linked in the above article?
As I am lacking the time for a full translation: the core of the ruling is that the university had, under German law, no right to block all mail originating from or sent to a specific (former) employee, because action of filtering violates the "Brief- und Fernmeldegeheimnis" (which translates roughly to "letter and telecommunications secrecy", AFAIK). It was noted that this does *not* imply that filtering spam is illegal, because ISPs implementing spam filters do so with the approval/consent of their customers. In this special case, the former university employee was not notified of the action taken (neither were his communication partners) and when he finally found out about the process, he did not agree and insisted on receiving and sending mail without interference. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and if my summary of the case is misleading or just plain wrong, it is all my fault. Mea culpa. ;-) -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Yours sincerely Dipl. Inform. Ralph Seichter HORUS-IT Ahornweg 10 D-57635 Oberirsen Tel +49 2686 987880 Fax +49 2686 987889 http://horus-it.de/
