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German Court Decision Hands Big Win to File-Sharers

By Red Wolf

21 March 2008

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The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany has ruled that the identities of file-sharers must remain private and can no longer be revealed to media companies who accuse them of copyright infringement. In future, only those accused of heavy crimes such as murder, child pornography or kidnapping will be revealed

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