The liability of an Internet service provider ('ISP') is one of the topics that has been vigorously disputed and discussed in Germany. And given the lack of borders in cyberspace, the outcome could impact e-commerce vendors in the United States and elsewhere.
One of the first decisions in these matters, the CompuServe judgments of the Munich Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeals, received widespread attention (AG M nchen NJW 1998, 2836; LG M nchen I NJW 2000, 1051; comments on the judgment: Hoeren, NJW 1998, 2792; K hne, NJW 1999, 188; Koenig/Loetz, CR 1999, 438).
