French law prevents the sale of objects with racist overtones.
The report, with the backing of independent consultancy EdelWeb concludes this is impossible. The case bears remarkable similarities to a case brought in Germany in 1995 against CompuServe in which the former head of CompuServe was accused of aiding and abetting the spread of child pornography. What they are doing is applying national laws to an international medium. The nature of the Internet needs to be taken into account. Akdeniz thinks the outcome is obvious.