A decision from German judges may have a high impact on forums in Germany. They said that the forum owner has to check each entry that has been made to the forum right after submitting it.

So far, if someone wrote an entry with “bad” content, the forum owner had to delete this entry apon notice. That means you would see the entry, tell it to the admin and then he will delete it. The current decision will require admin to check the entries before they go public which is almost not possible for most forums. The forum owner for this case Heise will appeal at a higher court to reject this decision. Hope this will work.