We might as well bone up on the jargon since it looks like we'll be waging war in the courts in order to return our rights to where they were on February 7, 1996. The argument explicitly cited the pervasiveness of broadcasting as the reason for this decision. We already have some examples. Claiming they could not carve out only German users, all Compuserve users worldwide lost access. This move affected 4 million subscribers worldwide in 140 countries.
Later reports show Germany got a bum rap.
It turns out that the only German role was an inquiry from a Munich district attorney. The German government has spoken out against any legislative means to regulate the Internet and have faith that their existing laws are suffcient to handle misconduct. The AOL folks are simply smarter than that. The bill has not yet been signed. The CyberQueer Lounge, an ISP has been attempting to enlist credit card services.