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标题：Search Engines as Gatekeepers of Public Communication: Analysis of the German framework applicable to internet search engines including media law and anti trust law
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作者：Wolfgang Schulz ; Thorsten Held ; Arne Laudien 等
期刊名称：German Law Journal
电子版ISSN：2071-8322
出版年度：2005
卷号：6
期号：10
页码：1419-1431
DOI：10.1017/S2071832200014401
出版社：Cambridge University Press
摘要：Several fundamental questions concerning internet law come to a head over search engines. There are trademark cases, issues about the protection of minors and questions of liability. However, as far as we know, the fundamental role that search engines play in public communication based on the World Wide Web has not yet been subjected to any legal analysis. This seems to leave a significant gap in our knowledge, given the fact that the market for search engines tends to be monopolistic.