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This is the wrong example. The fact is that there is a whole industry in Germany that whose only purpose is to find out something illegal you did and then sue y
by miroljub 4y ago
This is the wrong example. The fact is that there is a whole industry in Germany that whose only purpose is to find out something illegal you did and then sue you doesn't change the fact that piracy is still illegal in Germany.
According to German, and many other law systems, piracy is stealing, it's just that in Germany they are enforcing it strictly thanks to those private firms.
There's no such thing as "downloading an mp3 or a book" by an accident. You know that you are downloading something illegally.
And that 80-year-old judge understands something you don't, that the internet is a neutral medium which doesn't make local laws void just because "you downloaded it from the internet".
- expertentipp 4y ago> There's no such thing as "downloading an mp3 or a book" by an accident Dude, you can install software fully hijacking your device by clicking or tapping a link. You have mobile and computer operating systems by default displaying "news" with links to ads and scams.
- 9dev 4y ago"It really isn't my fault Mr. judge, this evil virus downloaded the second volume of 50 Shades of Grey totally against my will!" Are you actually being serious?
- expertentipp 4y agoYes you get it! The humiliation factor. If it's related to sexuality, the victim can be pushed and squashed even further. One doesn't even have to download the movie, it's enough to share 32kb of it!