www.magnum-pi.de closed

[frog480]

A few years back, I could only find two Magnum sites on the web, this one had the most content,

http://www.magnum-pi.de/

The web master has shut down the site, and left the following statement, If you read this site, Marco good luck for the future, I hope you hear from Universal soon.

Dear Magnumfan,

a new copyright law is in place in germany at the moment and some clever lawyers use it to make a lot of money by sueing (especially) fan-site creators and hosters. This site might not be left out by them and as much I am officially linked by Universal Studios, USA and also Universal Germany, I am currently not protected against any lawsuit that might be opened against me. This site has always been non-commercial and has never offered any illegal content.

I am currently trying to get an official statement from Universal that this site is officially allowed to use the press pictures and related articles. As long as I do not have this, I have to close the site as much as it hurts me. I have always loved the series and the contact to all the loyal fans out there who shared this. It is not Universal's blame - it is crucial people who make mony by sueing fans because there is a hole in the copyright law. As above - i hope to get an official statement from Universal, soon.
Aloha,
Marco

[Vanity]

That's really sad 'cause Marco has always been very devoted on keeping all MPI fans. His site was/is one of the longest lasting ones so far.

There used to be another German site a few years ago that also vanished. It used to be www.robinmasters.de or .com

Anyway, I really hope MArco gets all the papers he needs to re-open his site as soon as possible.

[grapeshot]

Huh....you don't suppose he could have the site hosted on some other country's server? Or does Germany's law not allow such a loophole?

[Vanity]

Hard to say Grapeshot, as the Eurpoean laws regarding everything that concerns the net are a bit of a blur, but I guess you have a point.
Hope Marco will think of this and give his site a second life.

[J.J. Walters]

Major bummer.

Marco's site has been around a long time. I hope he can get things straightened out. I wonder what the "new copyright law" [in Germany] is?

[Waltstasz]

That stinks!

I always enjoyed Marco's site.

[Magnum92]

That is a real bugger.

[Jean-Claude Fornier]

Hi, guys,

Thanks to the Internet Wayback machine, their work will always be on-line and will remember in memory :

http://web.archive.org/web/200404040435 ... index.html

http://web.archive.org/web/200702020331 ... num-pi.de/