english
nederlands
Indymedia NL
Independent Media Centre of the Netherlands
Indymedia NL is an independent free communication organisation. Indymedia offers an alternative approach to the news by using an open publishing method for text, images, video and audio.
> contact > search > archive > help > join > publish news > open newswire > disclaimer > chat
Search

 
All Words
Any Word
Contains Media:
Only images
Only video
Only audio

Dossiers
Agenda
CHAT!
LINKS

European NewsReal

MDI's complaint against Indymedia.nl
Courtcase Deutsche Bahn vs. Indymedia.nl
Topics
anti-fascisme / racisme
europa
feminisme
gentechnologie
globalisering
kunst, cultuur en muziek
media
militarisme
natuur, dier en mens
oranje
vrijheid, repressie & mensenrechten
wereldcrisis
wonen/kraken
zonder rubriek
Events
G8
Oaxaca
Schinveld
Schoonmakers-Campagne
Help
Tips for newbies
A short intro into Indymedia NL
The policy of Indymedia NL
How to join?
Donate
Support Indymedia NL with donations!
Lawsuits cost a lot of money, we appreciate every (euro)cent you can spare!

You can also direct your donation to Dutch bank account 94.32.153 on behalf of Stichting Vrienden van Indymedia, Amsterdam (IBAN: NL41 PSTB 0009 4321 53)
Indymedia Network

www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa
ambazonia
canarias
estrecho / madiaq
kenya
nigeria
south africa

Canada
hamilton
london, ontario
maritimes
montreal
ontario
ottawa
quebec
thunder bay
vancouver
victoria
windsor
winnipeg

East Asia
burma
jakarta
japan
manila
qc

Europe
alacant
andorra
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
bristol
bulgaria
croatia
cyprus
estrecho / madiaq
euskal herria
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
lille
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
netherlands
nice
norway
oost-vlaanderen
paris/île-de-france
poland
portugal
romania
russia
scotland
sverige
switzerland
thessaloniki
toulouse
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia
west vlaanderen

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
brasil
chiapas
chile
chile sur
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso

Oceania
adelaide
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
oceania
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india
mumbai

United States
arizona
arkansas
atlanta
austin
baltimore
big muddy
binghamton
boston
buffalo
charlottesville
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
danbury, ct
dc
hampton roads, va
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
idaho
ithaca
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
omaha
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
seattle
tallahassee-red hills
tampa bay
tennessee
united states
urbana-champaign
utah
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
armenia
beirut
israel
palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
discussion
fbi/legal updates
indymedia faq
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech
volunteer
Credits
This site is produced by volunteers using free software where possible.

The system we use is available from:mir.indymedia.de
an alternative is available from: active.org.au/doc

Thanks to indymedia.de and mir-coders for creating and sharing mir!

Contact:
info @ indymedia.nl
Indymeda.nl refuses to remove links to Radikal site despite being summoned
indymedia.nl - 24.04.2002 21:39

Press release

Indymeda.nl refuses to remove links to Radikal site despite being summoned
to do so by Deutsche Bahn (German Rail)


Tuesday 23 april the newsmedium Indymedia NL has received a letter from a lawfirm representing Deutsche Bahn AG demanding the removal of an internet page. The page in question contains some links to mirrors of the -long defunct- german periodical Radikal. Two articles contained in those mirrors have been the subject of a lawsuit last week.

DB objects to these articles because these contain instructions on how to obstruct the heavily critized German nuclear transports. By way of a judicial procedure, Internet provider XS4ALL has been ordered to remove these pages from the homepage of one of its subscribers. After this removal, many mirrors have sprung up all over the world. If the Indymedia page containing links to these mirrors is not removed immediately, DB will sue, their letter states.

Indymedia NL adamantly refuses to comply with DB´s demand to remove the links for the following three reasons:

Firstly the links in question do not directly lead to the disputed articles, but to mirrors in which the articles are contained. The articles therefore are at least three "clicks" away (from indymedia to the mirror and from the mirror to the content page of the Radikal editions and from there to the articles). Complying with this request would mean jeopardizing the fundaments of the internet, since links are the esence of this medium.

Secondly, Indymedia NL is part of a worldwide independent news network, entirely produced by volunteers. Using the open publishing system, anyone can freely publish his or her news in the form of text, audio, video or photos. Principally Indymedia.nl does not want to censor or prevent people from placing links to news sources. We believe that everyone has the right to place links, notwithstanding the content available through these links.

Thirdly, Indymedia NL thinks that conforming to the demand would jeopardize the national and international freedom of the press, which is the basis of every democratic system. The possibility for censorship of hyperlinks in this way would have severe negative consequences for relevant provision of information in all layers of society (media, education, etc). Indymedia NL therefore calls for support in this very fundamental issue. Indymedia stresses that the issue is about references to freely available pages which are outside of Indymedia´s responsibility.

Updates on this case will be posted on
 http://www.indymedia.nl
The disputed webpage is at
 http://www.indymedia.nl/2002/04/3281.shtml

Monetary donations can be directed to Dutch bank account 56.03.59.349 on behalf of Stichting SBIP, Amsterdam. Any form of legal expertise is also very welcome.

More information:
 info@indymedia.nl
 
supplements
Deutsche Bahn 
25.04.2002 02:29



Website: http://www.bahn.de
 
mirror of Indymedia NL page 
Rejo Zenger - 28.04.2002 00:58

There´s a mirror of the Indymedia NL page that DB wants to have removed. See  http://www.xs4all.nl/~sister/mirror/indymedia.

E-Mail: subs-indymedia@sisterray.xs4all.nl
Website: http://www.xs4all.nl/~sister
 
supplements
> indymedia.nl > search > archive > help > join > publish news > open newswire > disclaimer > chat
DISCLAIMER: Indymedia NL uses the 'open posting' principle to promote freedom of speech. The news (text, images, audio and video) posted in the open newswire of Indymedia NL remains the property of the author who posted it. The views in these postings do not necesseraly reflect the views of the editorial team of Indymedia NL. Furthermore, it is not always possible to guarantee the accuracy of the postings.