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German Prosecutors Won't Help RIAA Counterpart

Posted by Zonk on from the will-never-happen-here dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "A German court decision ruled that the European counterpart to the RIAA cannot invoke criminal proceedings over petty file sharing incidents. The goal was to to find out from ISPs the identity of alleged file-sharing subscribers; the requests have been refused as the judge saw the the proceedings as not in the 'public interest', and little or no economic damage was shown to have been caused to the record companies. Offering a few copyright-protected music tracks via a P2P network client was 'a petty offense,' the court declared. Within days, German prosecutors have now indicated that they will no longer permit the use of 'criminal proceedings' to procure subscriber information."

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  1. Editor? by oxidiser · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The goal was
    • to to
    find out from ISPs the... C'mon, even MS Word catches this.
  2. ^__^ by TheRealMindChild · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I am eating the Wonka bar and I taste something that is not chocolate... or coconut... or walnut... or peanut butter... or caramel... or sprinkles.

    --

    "When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
  3. at least... by SolusSD · · Score: 0, Redundant

    at least *some* government understands how big of a waste of resources it is going after 84 year old granny whose 7 year old granddaughter downloaded a britney spears song.

  4. Obviously by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Bundes = federal = FDR, who didn't start WWII but sure finished it (albeit 2m under), and fraus = multiple frau, as in frauen, which if you were in the DDR would have very hairy legs and arms (not just pits), so you put it all together, throw in a baader, meinhof, and a hasselhof, and you have the wall coming down, which released untold kommies into the west, which meant free entry to all the freakin' welfare muslims (now terrorists) to live off the dole, as it were, jobless but with lots of times on their bloody hands, so they build bombs, carry them to london, and blow things up. Damn, obvious, but for those that haven't learned much from reading slashdot.