Techdirt reports that the German government, armed with a law that has its origin in more captive content (movies -- the kind shown in theatres) and attempting to apply it to the internet (ebook sales).
Heise.de (German) and Boersenblatt (German) reported on Friday and Thursday that the Jugendschutzbehörde (Youth Protection Authority) has handed down a new ruling which extended Germany's Youth Media Protection Law to include ebooks.
As a result of a lawsuit (legal complaint?) over the German erotica ebook Schlauchgelüste (Pantyhose Cravings), the regulators have decided that ebook retailers in Germany can now only sell adult ebooks between 10 pm and 6 am local time (4 pm and midnight, eastern US).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2015, @08:05AM
I was born in the 1980's, and grew up with an Internet connection starting around 1995. I've seen it all! I should be in a study!
I've never understood the big deal about protecting people from porn, or being protected from it. The only thing that having access to an endless supply of porn for the past 20 years has done for me is mentally scar me with the knowledge that I like red-haired girls more than blondes.