User User name Password  
   
Sunday 29.11.2009 / 11:00 AM
Search AfterDawn.com:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > news > 'three strikes' law shut down in germany
Show topics
News
News

'Three strikes' law shut down in Germany

3 February 2009 11:58 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 10 comments

'Three strikes' law shut down in Germany Just as it has been in the UK and around Europe, the proposed 'three strikes' law for Internet pirates has been shut down in Germany.

The three strikes law would force ISPs to give two warnings to suspected unauthorized file sharers and then shut down their Internet connection on the 'third strike.'

The German Department of Justice has met with German ISPs and one clear conclusion was made: Three Strikes laws are "incompatible with German pirvacy and telecommunications laws."

In response, the IFPI said Germany would possibly face a competitive disadvantage against other countries that are still debating enacting the laws.

Germany's Secretary of Justice Brigitte Zypries added:

"I don't think that (Three Strikes) is a fitting model for Germany or even Europe. Preventing someone from accessing the Internet seems like a completely unreasonable punishment to me. It would be highly problematic due to both constitutional and political aspects. I'm sure that once the first disconnects are going to happen in France, we will be hearing the outcry all the way to Berlin."


Permalink to this article

Get AfterDawn's news to your favourite feed reader! Share this story with your friends!
 

 
Related articles:

  • Taiwan passes 'three strikes' anti-piracy law? (29 April 2009)
  • New Zealand 'reconsidering' three-strikes law (29 March 2009)
  • 'Three strikes' laws will be expensive for ISPs (6 March 2009)
  • Band to sue French President over copyright infringement (1 March 2009)
  • Prime Minister blames UK, US for New Zealand 3 strikes law (25 February 2009)
  • French legisators ready 3 strikes legislation for final vote (24 February 2009)
  • Three pirates arrested for sharing Oscar screeners (24 February 2009)
  • Audio from Pirate Bay trial to be streamed online (12 February 2009)
  • USTR fights release of IP treaty details citing national security (30 January 2009)
  • Eircom settles with Big 4 labels (30 January 2009)
  • Comcast, AT&T to help RIAA? (28 January 2009)
  • ISPs to become piracy police in UK (17 January 2009)
  •  

    « Previous news article
    Seagate won't introduce 2TB hard drives for a few months
    Next news article »
    LaCie releases 8x Blu-ray burner
     Post your comment
    Discuss this article! 
    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 3 February 2009 12:45 Send private message to this user   
    I am shocked that this didn't go through, maybe in a few more years the pirvacy and telecommunications laws will be changed to allow it.

    I mean that's how things go anyway.
    jetyi83 (Member) 3 February 2009 14:36 Send private message to this user   
    but they obviously arent going that way. the mpaa, riaa, and ifpi are trying to force this, but when the backlash of consumers hit, they will all fail. no laws will stick, and if a company deals with them by choice they will fail as well.

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 3 February 2009 14:37

    joe777 (Member) 3 February 2009 14:58 Send private message to this user   
    and more importantly if your caught drink driving 3 times you cannot drive a car for the rest of your life. Ah to hell with it if your caught 3 times drink driving you can never get in a car again.
    If your disconnected from the net then you can never look at a computer or a screen again.
    Ah lets go crazy, if your caught 3 times infringing on the net you will be shot!!!!!!!
    But if the agency responsible for collecting info is wrong 3 times then what???
    Suggestions here please.......................
    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 3 February 2009 15:01 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by joe777:
    and more importantly if your caught drink driving 3 times you cannot drive a car for the rest of your life. Ah to hell with it if your caught 3 times drink driving you can never get in a car again.
    If your disconnected from the net then you can never look at a computer or a screen again.
    Ah lets go crazy, if your caught 3 times infringing on the net you will be shot!!!!!!!
    But if the agency responsible for collecting info is wrong 3 times then what???
    Suggestions here please.......................

    The US should have the 3 strikes no more car rule, I am sorry if you can not drink responsibly you should not be allowed a car or weapon.
    joe777 (Member) 3 February 2009 16:23 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
    Originally posted by joe777:
    and more importantly if your caught drink driving 3 times you cannot drive a car for the rest of your life. Ah to hell with it if your caught 3 times drink driving you can never get in a car again.
    If your disconnected from the net then you can never look at a computer or a screen again.
    Ah lets go crazy, if your caught 3 times infringing on the net you will be shot!!!!!!!
    But if the agency responsible for collecting info is wrong 3 times then what???
    Suggestions here please.......................

    The US should have the 3 strikes no more car rule, I am sorry if you can not drink responsibly you should not be allowed a car or weapon.
    Don't get me wrong zip, I am not condoning drink driving, my friend. I was meaning, out of all the important things in life, the government's have got it all wrong when it comes to what punishment for what. Their priorities are off the wall.
    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 3 February 2009 16:26 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by joe777:
    Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
    Originally posted by joe777:
    and more importantly if your caught drink driving 3 times you cannot drive a car for the rest of your life. Ah to hell with it if your caught 3 times drink driving you can never get in a car again.
    If your disconnected from the net then you can never look at a computer or a screen again.
    Ah lets go crazy, if your caught 3 times infringing on the net you will be shot!!!!!!!
    But if the agency responsible for collecting info is wrong 3 times then what???
    Suggestions here please.......................

    The US should have the 3 strikes no more car rule, I am sorry if you can not drink responsibly you should not be allowed a car or weapon.
    Don't get me wrong zip, I am not condoning drink driving, my friend. I was meaning, out of all the important things in life, the government's have got it all wrong when it comes to what punishment for what. Their priorities are off the wall.
    I dunno look at the US instead of enforcing laws and ensuring people that can't drive responsibly stay off the road we enact a law that forces all drivers to have insurance, thus letting people hurt each other with cars.

    But its true government dose backassward things.

    Fallout 3 has stole my soul, for about 30 hours till the paint wore off.... even if its a action focused FPS RPG, at least its a FPS RPG not a under deved shooter like Bioshock!
    axemurder (Junior Member) 4 February 2009 0:17 Send private message to this user   
    I just received my first strike letter yesterday hmm very strange
    jetyi83 (Member) 4 February 2009 10:36 Send private message to this user   
    where do you live and what did it say? what isp are you using.

    time to switch maybe ?
    gulshroff (Newbie) 4 February 2009 23:47 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by joe777:
    and more importantly if your caught drink driving 3 times you cannot drive a car for the rest of your life. Ah to hell with it if your caught 3 times drink driving you can never get in a car again.
    If your disconnected from the net then you can never look at a computer or a screen again.
    Ah lets go crazy, if your caught 3 times infringing on the net you will be shot!!!!!!!
    But if the agency responsible for collecting info is wrong 3 times then what???
    Suggestions here please.......................

    i second this
    qazwiz (Junior Member) 7 February 2009 11:05 Send private message to this user   
    the difference here is in how the three strikes is implimented

    for a drunk driver there is a trial (or plea bargain) according to the laws of the land (using acceptable evidence and exact procedures vary according to state, province or country but it is a legal finding of guilt in the place in question)

    the third time, most places have the option of implementing the three strike law for the ultimate punishment, but this option can be avoided in most instances by using the systems plea bargaining (again, very few three strike laws are mandatory)

    conversely, the RIAA seems to be the initiating authority for accusations (IP 123.45.67.89 just downloaded "MyHappySong" go to it....) OR if the ISP initializes they only go by the apparent use of p2p software (high DL/UL on same IP:socket) the latter isn't even guaranteed to be p2p activity while neither can prove the actual user of the device at the time, unless maybe it happens to be Obama's Blackberry....

    so we are not talking three legal convictions here but just three warnings that are mailed out??? (when did you ever think the post office always got you all your mail???)


    here in the USA there is no way that will get past our due process requirement of the law.... and I suspect that most other countries have similar due process statutes (though some countries require accused prove innocence as opposed to prosecutor required to prove guilt there is still SOME PROCESS that is being thwarted via this warning crap)
     Post your comment
     

    Subscribe to our newsfeed

    Get the latest headlines delivered directly to your favourite RSS reader or content aggregation service by using the links below.

    AfterDawn.com: News - RSS feed
    Add to Google
    Add to My Yahoo!
    Add to MyMSN

    Search for headlines

    Search through our news archive.

    Last week's most popular software downloads

    Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
    Music: MP3Lizard.com
    Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
    Software: Software downloads
    Blogs: User profile pages
    RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
    International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | download.fi
    Navigate: Search | Site map
    About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
    Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
     
      © 1999-2009 by AfterDawn Ltd.