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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).
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Germany Says You Can't Sell Adult Ebooks Until After 10 PM
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There *__is* intelligent life on Earth, but I leave for Texas on Monday.
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Thursday June 25 2015, @12:00AM
Just curious, but do you think it would be legitimate to ban religion on public airwaves? What if we banned pro-republican speech but not pro-democrat speech, or vice versa? Maybe we could even ban people from talking about atheist or agnosticism on the public airwaves, if that's your thing. Relying on the authoritarian majority to dictate what's acceptable isn't a good idea, and it's not even constitutional.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2015, @09:26AM
I always thought it's the electromagnetic waves that are restricted. Airwaves (aka sound) are to be used by anyone however he pleases, as long as he keeps the volume in a tolerable range.