Einstmann v. Sharelook Beteiligungen GmbH


February 22, 2005 | Posted by Contributor | Print this page
Berlin court found meta-search engine "Sharelook" liable for defamatory content based on its search results. When entering the term "naked" in the search engine, a link for an adult website would appear, listing television personality Babette Einstmann's name in connection with the site. The court held that although the search engine did have any database entries to delete, it was still obligated to filter out defamatory content after becoming aware of it.
Keywords: international, metatags, search engine, defamation, websites