Cartoon Lawsuit Names Web Hosts

• By theWHIR.com , February 16, 2006

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February 16, 2006 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to reports from Pakistan released Wednesday, a petition submitted to the country's Supreme Court asked the government to prohibit the broadcasting of controversial cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad, described by the petition as “blasphemous.”

Among the respondents named in the petition are Web hosts Yahoo! USA and 1&1 Internet, as well 1&1's chairman Andreas Gauger.

The submission asked the court to direct Pakistan's Ministry of Telecommunications and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority to prohibit the publishing of the material on the grounds that it infringes the religious rights of Muslims in Pakistan.

The petition asked that the court declare the act of portraying and making drawing depictions of Muhammad an act of religious discrimination, and against the fundamental rights of citizens of Pakistan.

It also asked that 1&1 take measures to stop publication of the depiction via a Web site hosted by the company.

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