the one thing that worries me quite a bit about the German internet scene is its very dangerous view of secondary liability — in that German law and courts tend to lean towards blaming the intermediary for the actions of their users. I learned this the frightening way on stage at conference in Germany, under some very hot lights (in a decommissioned airport) where a somewhat angry questioner in the audience insisted that some comments written on Techdirt by some of our users were „illegal in Germany“ and that, under German law, I was liable for them.