[Osiris]

Sharing 2999 Songs, 199 Movies Becomes ‘Safe’ in Germany

I wouldn’t expect this to happen here in the U.S. any time soon but Germany seems to have the right approach. Our friends overseas seem to think that personal, non-commercial use is not worth prosecuting. I am sure most of you guys will agree.

It seems that the legal system in German has had enough of this ‘abuse’ of the criminal law system for ‘civil’ monetary gain. In an interview with Jetzt.de, prosecutors from the Nort-Rhine Westphalia area state that those sharing files for personal, non-commercial uses, will no longer be the target of a lawsuit.

[EricB]

right on