German court orders measles sceptic to pay 100,000 euros

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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