Former german Compuserve Chef Felix Somm sentenced

Tobias Kroha writes "The former german Compuserve Chef Felix Somm was sentenced to two years of probation and a 100 000 DM ($620 000) fine. The judge called him guilty for aiding and abetting the distributing child pornographie through the compuserve news server. The prosecutor plead for an acquittal. Overall the decision was widely rejected by german politics. Here is a coverage from Telepolis (in german): link "
Things like this upset me, because it shows that the world over that it is very rare that someone in a position of authority truly understands what the Internet is all about.