Some law firms are sending copyright notices without actually having rights to the infringed work: In other words, some unethical firms are sending mass Abmahnung letters demanding settlements from filesharers, without the permission of the actual copyright holder!.These ‘cease and desist’ letter often target bittorrent users, and usually include a demand for a payment of several hundred Euros (up to 1000 Euros or more).īut the Abmahnung culture has some major problems: In recent years, there has been a major rise in the sending of ‘Abmahnung’ notices by German law firms. The problems arise when German citizens download copyrighted files such major theatrical movie releases, TV shows, and pornography.Ībmahnung in Germany affecting file-sharers
In other words, if you stick to legal torrent sources, you’ll be fine. It is illegal, however, to share copyrighted files via bittorrent. There is nothing inherently bad or illegal about it, and no European country bans the use of Bittorrent. If surprises you, let me explain:īittorrent is simply a filesharing technology. Torrents and p2p file-sharing is completely legal in Germany. We’ll also discuss some misconceptions about torrent legality. This article will teach you step-by-step, how to safely access torrent sites and download torrents anonymously in Germany. However, German torrent users have been facing increasing pressure, including: monitoring, and even legal threats, often for files they never even downloaded. Bittorrent is still the most popular p2p/file-sharing technology in Europe, and many people download torrents in Germany.
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