[Free-sklyarov-uk] US court: yahoo vs french laws

[Anton Chterenlikht]

This was posted on zork.net already, sorry if you've read it. Just thought that
it is very important.
anton

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011107/tc/yahoo_nazi_auctions_1.html

1. "SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - In an important Internet policy case, a
  federal judge ruled Wednesday that Yahoo! Inc. does not have to
  comply with a French order that it keep users in France from
  seeing Nazi-related content on the Web site. "

2. "The issue was made relatively moot in January when Yahoo
  banned hate-related items from its auction pages, though Third
  Reich stamps and coins remain acceptable. The move was made
  as Yahoo began charging users to make auction listings, and the
  company did not want to profit from such material." 

  "In May, the rival Internet auction site eBay Inc. banned the sale of
  Nazi items in hopes of avoiding legal problems overseas. Even
  before that, users with French- or German-language Web
  browsers were blocked from searching for Nazi-related items. "