[pp.int.general] Old woman ****ed by copyright lobby - Can we do something?

[Scott Elcomb]

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 2:59 AM, Antior <antior at piratenpartij.nl> wrote:
> Hello pirates from the world,
>
> http://torrentfreak.com/retired-computerless-woman-fined-for-pirating-hooligan-movie-111222/
>
> I just ran into this article, which basically tells of how an old woman in
> Germany has to pay 650 euros for 'copyright infringement', while she didn't
> even have a computer at the time this supposedly happened. The judge ruled
> in favour of the copyright lobby. Apparently in Germany you're guilty if
> *you've ever in the past used a certain IP* that has been used for
> 'copyright infringement'.

She had no computer and no router... Why would she have an account with an ISP?

Also, I am very curious: do German ISP's (and this ladie's in
particular) not use DHCP to assign IP numbers?

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