30
Oct 2013

Foreign website operators have no duty to publish an imprint in accordance with § 5 TMG

The Civil Court of  Siegen (Germany) has stated that foreign website operators have no duty to publish an imprint in accordance with § 5 TMG. The court takes the view, that it is not required by law that anyone who publishes even a single web page on the Web (in German) enclose an "Impressum", an imprint that notifies visitors whom to contact or hold accountable for the content. If the website operator´s registered office is located outside Germany, there is no such an obligation. This might be different if the contracts shall be governed by German law.

Dr. Robert Kazemi

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