German Court Uses EU Database Directive to Ban Deep-linking

A German court has ruled that a German news search service, Newsclub, is violating the EU Database Directive by searching through and deep-linking to the website of a German newspaper. This decision is important in light of the recent decision by a Danish court to ban deep-linking in a similar context by newsbooster.com. For additional information on the German case, visit: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,54083,00.html For background information on the Danish case, view the last issue of E-TIPS: http://dww.local/?p=96 For the latest news on the Danish case, visit: http://www.newsbooster.com/?pg=presscenter&lan=eng