Germany's record industry is staging an impressive attempt to rival the Recording Industry Association Of America in terms of the number of pointless anti-P2P lawsuits it can launch. The boss of IFPI Germany says his association, which has been increasingly litigious in the file sharing domain in the last 18 months, hopes to pursue 1000 lawsuits a month throughout 2007. Here's what said boss, Herr Peter Zombik, has to say: "This year, the number of German Flaglawsuits [that's his name for file sharing litigation] will increase markedly. We've filed 20,000 cases since 2004, and 10,000 cases in 2006 alone". Actually, given that the mighty RIAA haven't filed much over 20,000 file sharer lawsuits so far, the Germans could well be way ahead in the litigation leagues within a month or so. Well done them. Though, of course, file sharing in Germany continues unabated.
Jan 4, 2007
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German record industry plans 1000 file-sharing lawsuits a month
IFPI Germany boss Peter Zombik says the association hopes to pursue 1000 file-sharing lawsuits a month in 2007, having filed 20,000 cases since 2004.