When the law doesnt jump at the snap of greedy corporate fingers it seems various "content rights groups" do their best to undermine democracy, as usual.
http://www.p2p-blog.com/item-838.htmlGerman rights holders have proposed new sanctions against file sharers that are supposed to allow a more direct cooperation with ISPs while stopping short of cutting users' Internet access. Instead, German users will just see their Internet speed drop if they get caught sharing files.
The German anti-piracy organization GVU is adapting a proposal from French and British rights holders also known as the three strikes approach.
This idea might actually get some sympathy from ISPs looking to save on bandwidth costs, but it doesn't go over well with German Internet activists. Says one blogger: "This is an attempt to privatize law enforcement
Whilst some ISP companies may think this looks like a great idea we must be there to remind them that it will of course be a law breaking endeavour under EU law, it really is just a matter of time now until these selfish and greedy rights groups are hit with a massive lawsuit for their continued efforts to enact underhand and illegal activities around the globe, lets see who they try to
bribe "donate" to, to get this scheme off the ground.
