Sharing 2,999 Songs, 199 Movies Is Safe In Germany

Posted by kdawson on Friday August 15, 2008 @04:33AM from the aappropriate-allocation-of-prosecutorial-resources dept.

unassimilatible writes "Torrentfreak is reporting that German prosecutors will now only pursue larger-scale file sharers on the Internet, as they are tired of being the entertainment industry's profit collector. 'Prosecutors in a German state have announced they will refuse to entertain the majority of file-sharing lawsuits in [the] future. It appears that only commercial-scale copyright infringers will be pursued, with those sharing under 3,000 music tracks and 200 movies dropping under the prosecution radar.' And the money quote: 'It seems that the legal system in Germany has had enough of this "abuse" of the criminal law system for "civil" monetary gain.' If only an American politician would make this point. Why should taxpayers underwrite their government becoming enforcers for the entertainment industry? Then again, when you see how much politicians are being paid, an answer suggests itself."

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According to link, Obama got $4.7mil in '08. DRM! by exabrial · 2008-08-15 05:15 · Score: 0, Offtopic

sweet he supports DRM as well
Re:logic error by haystor · 2008-08-15 05:26 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It is entirely within your power to stop the RIAA suits as well.
Turn off your file-sharing software.

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