With the decision dated May 12, 1998 - 312 O 85/98 - "Liability for Links", the Hamburg district court decided that posting links may result in liability for the contents of the linked pages. According to the court decision, this can only be prevented with an express disclaimer.

The website of Servisum GmbH includes links to other pages on the internet. Servisum GmbH expressly emphasizes that it has no influence on the design or the contents of the external web pages to which these links refer. Therefore, Servisum GmbH cannot guarantee the timeliness, accuracy, integrity, or quality of the information provided there. For this reason, Servisum GmbH hereby expressly disassociates itself from all contents of these pages. This declaration applies to all links to external internet pages on any of our internet pages, and to all contents of the sites to which these links refer.