Yahoo! Not Protected From French Anti-Nazi Laws

snoopsk writes "An appeals court ruled that Yahoo is not protected from French legal attacks due to Nazi-related items sold on Yahoo's auction site. Backed by the ACLU, Yahoo intends to defend its First Amendment rights should a French court try to enforce French anti-hate laws. This case could have huge implications for free speech online if the French courts are successful in forcing Yahoo to remove this content.
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WHAT?!?

[mythosaz]

Does this mean I have to buy all my Nazi gear on UBid now?

*shucks*

18 posts and no frech jokes

[Stevyn]

Wow, slashdot has become waaay too liberal. I quit.

Better yet, I surrender.

Re:18 posts and no frech jokes

[Lisandro]

Your sir, are evil. Hillarious, but evil.

i'm having trouble

[illerd]

I'm having trouble understanding what is peculiar about this particular legal issue. Could someone please highlight the important points for me, making liberal use of bold and italics?

Qid pro quo

[Anonymous Coward]

You let us sell our Nazi crap and we'll let you sell all the Jerry Lewis retrospective DVDs you frogs can crank out.

Re:France has never been big on freedom of the pre

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

That, combined with communist control of many of the French journalist's unions, means that many stories [...] never get adequately reported in the French press.

I'm so glad CNN and Fox News aren't in the hands of those dirty commies, so we always get FAIR AND BALANCED reporting from the US press.

Re:Here's a link

[Cyno01]

We in the US do not hide the Civil War, slavery, or even racism. Any insight would be appreciated...

You must not be from the south.

Re:Go ACLU!!

[Anonymous Coward]

er wait, someone shoot me

For that, you want the NRA.

Here's one...

[Cyno01]

So the french are trying to take away Lance Armstrongs latest Tour de France win, as they found he had been using 2 substances banned in france.

Those substances, deodorant and toothpaste.
Thanks, i'll be hear all week, try the veal.

Re:too bad...

[Buzz_Litebeer]

No the american tradition is to teach the populace that the news is not true unless it says what you already beleive. Oh, and dont watch the news if your a republican, watch fox instead.

Re:too bad...

[thephotoman]

Or perhaps they shall shout insults such as, "I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!"

Of course, then they have to start catapulting cows and other livestock at King Arthur Yahoo.

Re:France has never been big on freedom of the pre

[superyooser]

I'm so glad CNN and Fox News aren't in the hands of those dirty commies, so we always get FAIR AND BALANCED reporting from the US press.

That's what Slashdot is for.

Re:Different societies.

[Anonymous Coward]

"Selling Nazi memorabilia is OK ..."

You mean...

"Selling Nazi memorabilia is OK, in the US." It's not OK in France because it's illegal. Any comparison with the laws in the US would be foolish. The US has never been occupied by another country, except that time Canada destroyed the White House, so you have absolutely no idea of what it's like to have everything you hold dear controlled by another nation.

Don't even begin to think you can understand or empathise with that.

Re:Bravo

[aled]

American courts and lawmakers will come to Yahoo's rescue and put the pompous French beaurocrats right back on their socialist asses.

You have no idea what you are talking right? France has actually a very right wing government.

The N word

[pommiekiwifruit]

On the labels of US music CDs.

Here's another...

[gillbates]

Q:Why are the boulevards in Paris lined with trees?

A:So the Germans can march in the shade!

Re:How about Dutch pot in the US?

[vDave420]

Should Dutch companies be allowed to ship pot to the US [...]

Yes.

-dave-