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: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday June 24 2015, @07:35PM
Cf. "partly clothed" vs. "mostly naked"...you have to cover like, what, 5% of your body to be legally clothed on a beach?
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"