It is common practice in germany not to persecute almost every petty crime like, let's say, shoplifting or the possesion of minor amounts of narcotics if it is a first-time offense. Depending on the scale of the offense either nothing will happen (you will receive a note the case was dropped cause of insignificane) or you will be slapped with a fine and a warning - the case will only go to court if you don't accept the fine and warning.
This a) keeps the number of people with a criminal record low and b) takes workload off the courts.
If you don't follow the GVU's (german RIAA) calculations, but keep in mind how much of a DVD's price actually is a copyright holder's profit, downloading a movie is more in the league of stealing a candy bar than a car, and that's even ignoring evidence that downloaders are more likely to go to the movies or buy CDs than non-downloading Joe Does, so treating a downloader like a shoplifter makes sense to me.
Additionally, the headline is misleading: The reported is only true for one state of germany - saying "sharing... is safe in germany" is like saying whatever Texan legislation would be valid in the whole U.S.
I'd suggest
Kreidler (www.ikreidler.de), a bit drugged minmal electronic, their self-titled Album shall be a good start.
Mum from Iceland, (unofficial homepage: www.noisedfisk.com/mumweb/) sonds a little like the first Björk albums but its much more minimalistic.
And of course Tangerine Dream, the electric Pink Floyd.(tangerine-dream.de/)
German epic metal band Blind Guardian (http://www.blind-guardian.com) did a concept album, called "Nightfall in Middle-Earth" about LOTR and has a song called "The Bard's Song" on their album "Somewhere far beyond" which catches middle-earth's spirit very well, especially in a live recording (on "The forgotten Tales").
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It is common practice in germany not to persecute almost every petty crime like, let's say, shoplifting or the possesion of minor amounts of narcotics if it is a first-time offense. Depending on the scale of the offense either nothing will happen (you will receive a note the case was dropped cause of insignificane) or you will be slapped with a fine and a warning - the case will only go to court if you don't accept the fine and warning.
This a) keeps the number of people with a criminal record low and b) takes workload off the courts.
If you don't follow the GVU's (german RIAA) calculations, but keep in mind how much of a DVD's price actually is a copyright holder's profit, downloading a movie is more in the league of stealing a candy bar than a car, and that's even ignoring evidence that downloaders are more likely to go to the movies or buy CDs than non-downloading Joe Does, so treating a downloader like a shoplifter makes sense to me.
Additionally, the headline is misleading: The reported is only true for one state of germany - saying "sharing... is safe in germany" is like saying whatever Texan legislation would be valid in the whole U.S.
I'd suggest Kreidler (www.ikreidler.de), a bit drugged minmal electronic, their self-titled Album shall be a good start. Mum from Iceland, (unofficial homepage: www.noisedfisk.com/mumweb/) sonds a little like the first Björk albums but its much more minimalistic. And of course Tangerine Dream, the electric Pink Floyd.(tangerine-dream.de/)
On some live recording available on arlo.net, Arlo reveals that he has evidence the Nixon in fact owned a copy of Alice's Restaurant...
You can get anything you want at Alice's restaurant...
German epic metal band Blind Guardian (http://www.blind-guardian.com) did a concept album, called "Nightfall in Middle-Earth" about LOTR and has a song called "The Bard's Song" on their album "Somewhere far beyond" which catches middle-earth's spirit very well, especially in a live recording (on "The forgotten Tales").
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Go out and get it from amazon.. or audiogalaxy