Nope, this is as REAL as it gets... they have already blocked a few and even recently blocked an american website - I mean blocked the whole URL even though the site is owned by and hosted by an american.

the opposition page is www.odem.org -
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The German Government has shut ######.com down through joker.com, ######.com is currently being hosted on #####.#######.com

"The domain is registered on your behalf at JOKER / CSL / CORE
We got an legal order to disable the domain [######.com]
We will "freeze" the status of that domain, so nobody can change
anything related to that domain. To have the domain activated again you will have to start a legal case against the government in germany."

######.com is owned by an American, therefore the american first amendment of free speech applies so there's no legal reason to ban the ######.com domainname, we'll fight against this. Our host prohosters.com 100% supports us. The temporary email address of #### is
//A thread post about this subject by a german
censorship in germany - I hate my country (almost)

Hey peeps,

donīt u think most germans want this ****g censorship.
germany is a federal country, and one of our 16 states has a sucker , bussow his name, who wants a "clean internet".clean made of just his choice. heīs trying to censor everything with porn, violance .......

The Net community does NOT want this ..........*hole, some fight him (me too)

Sad but true, one ..........*hole can stop websites in this state called "nordrhein-westfalen"

Today itīs porn and violence, tomorrow...who knows?
1939 it began like this, but this time thereīs resistance.

belive me... we fight him back
one website organizes this fight :
www.odem.org

belive me - THIS is not the german peoples wish, this is ONE f****g NAZI-like guy and most of us donīt want this.

Iīm ashamed of this, until these days I thought I live in a free land but more and more I hate my country.

Ok guys just a short statement, if my english would be better, i told u how this could happen.
but its more than 17 years ago since I had my last english lesson in school.
so excuse my bad english.

cya