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German court says students may rate teachers on Internet
German court says students may rate teachers on Internet
Wednesday November 28, 2007
A German court ruled on Tuesday that students had the right to rate the performance of their teachers and publish their opinions on the Internet, as long as the results were not defamatory.
The court in Cologne in western Germany upheld a dismissal by a lower court of a complaint by a teacher who accused the operators of the website www.spickmich.de of violating her privacy, a court spokesman said.
The teacher had obtained a low rating of 4.6 points on the website, using a scale in which one is the best mark and six the worst.
Students can class their teachers in categories such as "cool and funny", "sexy" and "gives fair marks" on the website.
The website, a forum for students to discuss anything from poetry to their teachers' performance, was founded in Cologne earlier this year.
It claims to have more than 150,000 young contributors.
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