Given (4), such a case would rarely reach a court because of (3) and other aspects.Ĭonclusion: Ignoring it would be the recommended choice is this situation. Basically, the letter is a warning to let you know that this 3rd party entity knows what you did and if you do not want to go to court you should pay a fine. I put it under blackmail because the letter is sent by law firms (that hire specialized third-party services that are scanning P2P nodes and clients, recording IP adresses that are currently downloading illegally in Germany, after which they are authorized by law to ask your internet provider to disclose any information linked to that IP adress), which in turn are hired by companies owning the copyrighted items. The notice you got can be considered blackmail. That IP can be hijacked by malware or another person can be behind the terminal using it when the offense is done. Legally, an accusation based on IP-only does not stand. German courts have stated that the owner of the internet access is in theory responsible for any wrong-doings happening on that network and that it is their duty to secure them.Īn IP address does not represent a person. If they can prove that you did download copyright protected files, then yes, fines are possible, but not that easy. Simply using P2P does not violate anything.
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iso image of a public Linux distribution. You can share non-protected content, like let's say an.
German law considers that sharing content protected by copyright is illegal.
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