I am German and voted for lobbying, but it always seemed to me that our problems were domestic. The 'Abmahnwesen' was terrible when we were a tiny web service s

I am German and voted for lobbying, but it always seemed to me that our problems were domestic. The 'Abmahnwesen' was terrible when we were a tiny web service shop. Basically, if you violate any of a changing set of rules, e.g. you don't properly label the 'Imprint' link of your website, competitors or vampiric lawyers can directly bill you a few k€. Even when we felt safe about it, smaller clients were scared of the internet as a whole. The 'Störerhaftung' is terrible too. If somebody downloads crap on a coffeeshop's WiFi, the coffeeshop owner is liable (with some exceptions). Consequently, free WiFi is a very rare sight. But this is more of a lifestyle problem, I am not sure if it really inhibits hacker socializing in the wild.