With the court decision of September 12, 1999 (312 0 85/98, “Liability for links”), the regional court of Hamburg took the decision that when providing a link, the provider is in part responsible for the contents of the given website. According to the regional court decision, this responsibility can be averted by an explicit dissociation from the website contents.

We hereby dissociate ourselves explicitly from all contents of linked websites as well as from graphics and refrain from adopting any of these contents. Any violations to applicate law, convention or ethics which become known to us will result in immediate removal of links, entries, graphics or likewise.