Key legal question
Whether publication of defamatory statements in a book is a continuing offense for limitation purposes
Extracted holding
No. The offense is a status offense; limitation begins with publication of the book, not with later availability or failure to withdraw the book.
Extracted reasoning
For Art. 173 f. StGB, the lasting harmful effect is insufficient for a continuing offense. The actionable conduct is completed at publication; no duty to retract exists before the conviction is final.