In its the judgment issued on May 12, 1998 – 312 O 85/98 – "Liability for Links" (“Haftung für Links”), the Regional Court (Landgericht) of Hamburg decided that if a link is included on a website, the particular website owner may also be liable for the content of the linked page. According to the Regional Court of Hamburg, such liability can be avoided only by expressly dissociating oneself from said content.

We hereby expressly dissociate ourselves from any and all content of such pages that can be accessed by links on our website and that are located on servers of other companies or that refer to individuals.