Am 23.12.2014 um 13:06 schrieb Q-X GmbH - Pascal Wagenhofer <wagenhofer@q-x.ch mailto:wagenhofer@q-x.ch>:
Hallo SWINOGer
I hope, you’re enjoying already the holidays somewhere around.
We’re having here a little difficulties with a german lawyer. We’re offering shared hosting services. One of our customers is sharing links to uploaded.net http://uploaded.net/, which contains music, which might be copyright protected.
The german law agency is now requesting the data of the owner which – apparently – we cannot provide due to restrictions of the data protection law of Switzerland. They’re supplying us this judgement:http://www.justiz.nrw.de/nrwe/olgs/koeln/j2011/6_U_87_10urteil20110325.html http://www.justiz.nrw.de/nrwe/olgs/koeln/j2011/6_U_87_10urteil20110325.html .
Question to the community:
What are you doing in such situations? (Yes, appart from contact your lawyer ;-) ).Did you have similar issues and how did you handle them?I wish you merry Christmas and a happy new year.
How much jurisdiction does a German court have in Switzerland anyway?
Can’t you ask them to go to a Swiss court in Lausanne or wherever that stuff is handled?
Oh wait, that would mean additional cost (like working with a lawyer in Switzerland, of all things), most likely without a ROI in the end. So, it’s easier trying to intimidate the hosting-company.
If what whois provides is not enough - tough luck.
Rainer