sorry for butchering the article title, I've edited my post to try and reflect the intention of article

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[–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

isn't overturning a previous ruling kind of clear intention? what other purposes does this have?

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Is returning it to a lower court overturning a ruling?

    This sounds more like as described - "redo it". Overturning would be this court literally "over turning" and saying adblock is piracy.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago*

    Yes. The article only links to it in German but "Werbeblocker IV / Ad Blocker IV" on July 31 was the overturning case.

    Axel previously tried twice in 2018 and 2023 and failed. Now that it is overturned, he is going to the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg to get a new ruling.

    However I don't speak German or live in Germany, this is my understanding of this article and these court cases.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    No. This is how the legal system works. When you appeal to a higher court, they can make a call themselves when massive mistakes were made at the lower level or they can say the lower court overlooked something and then make them redo their work. It's a convenient choice for the higher judges not to have to do more work themselves. But it's part of the process.

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