Hi, quick question about the website, which is evolving quite fabulous.

The page is operated and sponsored by a German company Hanseatic Bits UG (haftungsbeschränkt) & Co. KG .

I’m wondering: what the philosophy behind the project is? How is the funding taking place? What will happen to the crowd-sourced data and the joint effort? Don’t get me wrong, but putting effort in a closed source database that belongs to a company, which then claims the copyright of said database (German Urheberrecht), is something I would like to discuss upfront.

  • Señor Mono@feddit.orgOP
    21·
    8 days ago

    Yea, I’m discussing that with my partner - an author - all the time. When does her blog starts to be commercial, when do people begin to be content providers? I guess in case of moderated contents (social media) and communities, there is no gray area anymore. Anyhow discussing the Impressumpflicht is just a detail and a little bit derailing.

    Since they’ve chosen to use the firm, there are other questions at hand.

    • snuggledick@lemm.ee
      2·
      8 days ago

      I’m not a lawyer, but my understanding is that as soon as there is a anything on the website that could (even just in theory) help you make a single cent, it’s considered commercial. Any ad banner, an affiliate link or in case of your author partner a link to their books on amazon or wherever is probably enough to be considered commercial. I honestly wouldn’t take any risk there, especially as an author. 1 single hater is enough to cost you up to 5k€.

      • Señor Mono@feddit.orgOP
        1·
        8 days ago

        Thanks. We got that covered. She already has an Impressum and you can hire an Impressum service. My blog however, with journey impressions and profanity, has no Impressum.