German court orders measles sceptic to pay 100,000 euros

Re:German court orders measles sceptic to pay 100,000 euros by th0br0 on Friday March 13, 2015 @12:33PM (#9198040)

In Germany, bounties are relatively strictly regulated by law in terms of what you may and may not do etc. Therefore, if the bounty itself was valid in the sense of the law, then - AFAIK - there's an obligation to pay up.

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Re:German court orders measles sceptic to pay 100,000 euros by readerrr on Friday March 13, 2015 @12:39PM (#9198072)

Absence of a legal contract for such cases exposes a website to abuse. I refuse to believe that a text posted publicly is subject to the same standards as a real contract.

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Re:German court orders measles sceptic to pay 100,000 euros by th0br0 on Friday March 13, 2015 @12:47PM (#9198128)

As rostigerpudel stated, the biologist confirmed the bounty in writing.

Anyhow, while IANAL, bounties are regulated by German law in (among others) BGB §657-661a. Mostly §661 and §661a. You can find a translation of those paragraphs here: http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bgb/englisch_bgb....

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Re:German court orders measles sceptic to pay 100,000 euros by rostigerpudel on Friday March 13, 2015 @01:20PM (#9198329)

Thanks for pointing those out. I never noticed them before.

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