2011/12/29 Christian Hufgard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pp@christian-hufgard.de">pp@christian-hufgard.de</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Antior,<br>
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> <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/retired-computerless-woman-fined-for-pirating-hooligan-movie-111222/" target="_blank">http://torrentfreak.com/retired-computerless-woman-fined-for-pirating-hooligan-movie-111222/</a><br>
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> I just ran into this article, which basically tells of how an old woman<br>
> in Germany has to pay 650 euros for 'copyright infringement', while she<br>
> didn't even have a computer at the time this supposedly happened. The<br>
> judge ruled in favour of the copyright lobby. Apparently in Germany<br>
> you're guilty if *you've ever in the past used a certain IP* that has<br>
> been used for 'copyright infringement'.<br>
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</div>Yap, that's our current law. The exact term is "Störerhaftung"<br>
(liability for disturbance). The judge must assume, that she did not<br>
secure her internet properly and thus she has to pay for somebody elses<br>
download. If it was her IP address, because the spying companies tend to<br>
make mistakes...<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>But how can you blame somebody for a crime who did not commit only for not protecting him connection? I mean, by example, a hacker break your WEP password and download child pornography, the judge really can charge you for CP consumption? Even knowing you don't have any computer? o.o<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>I mean, here in Spain at least, most people keep the default password on their routers, and you can break default passwords with the phone... even more, the Culture Ministry have an open WiFi connection, you can connect to it and download copyrighted material lol (one day I streamed a Spanish Pirate Party demonstration in front of Culture Ministry using their own WiFi xDDD) </div>