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I'm not sure where that number comes from. Every year around a hundred thousand of such letters get sent (with a downward trend and half of that from a single l
by germanier 10y ago
I'm not sure where that number comes from. Every year around a hundred thousand of such letters get sent (with a downward trend and half of that from a single law firm). But I'd say the vast majority of internet users in Germany is aware of their existence.
Edit: After looking up some more data, at the peak in 2010 there were estimated around 500k of those letters and the million bar was likely crossed.
- dahart 10y agoCrazy!! So basically it does affect every person in the country. Is the data publicly available?
- DominikR 10y agoNo, not even close to everybody. But most people do know someone who was hit by this.
- germanier 10y agoThese are estimates made by looking at data published by both the law firms that specialize in sending out those letters and those that defend users against them. The latter ones are in a parasitic relationship and also profit from the whole thing. So take this with a grain of salt as both would likely overestimate.