In its decision of May 12, 1998, the Hamburg Regional Court ruled that the inclusion of links also leads to co-responsibility of the material offered via these links.
This can only be prevented - according to the Regional Court of Hamburg - by expressly distancing oneself from the contents of the linked page, or the entire web. For all these links applies:
"We would like to expressly emphasize that we have no influence on the design and content of the linked websites. Therefore, we hereby expressly distance ourselves from all contents of all linked websites on our entire website, including all sub-pages and their sub-links or other forwarding mechanisms. This declaration applies to all links on our homepage and to all contents of the pages to which links, banners or other links lead."
No warning without previous contact
Should the content or design of individual pages or parts of this online presence violate the rights of third parties or statutory provisions or in any other way cause problems under competition law, we request, with reference to Section 8 (4) of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG), an appropriate, sufficiently explanatory and prompt message without cost note. We guarantee that the rightly objected passages or parts of these web pages will be removed within a reasonable period of time or adapted to the legal requirements without the need for you to involve legal counsel.
We will fully reject any costs incurred without prior contact and, if necessary, file a counterclaim for violation of the aforementioned provisions.