German music industry to sue MP3 uploaders

The German computer magazine
PC
Welt reports on their website that the German
music industry starts sueing individuals who - in their opinion - uploaded
MP3 files to the internet.

It is known that according to copyright laws it is forbidden to provide illegal music files on the Internet. Up to now german P2P users were not of interest. But now things have changed. They have accused Rainer Ké¶nig being one of the responsible persons for the now closed link exchange mp3network and to be responsible for illegal sharing of music titles by uploading them. The court in munich decided that the preliminary injunctions against Ké¶nig were correct. If the judgement against him will be approved, he will be faced with enormous costs. EMI might request compensations of about 300,000 Euro.

If you are familiar with the German language you can read Ralf
Ké¶nig's point of view on his website. He
will probably only be the first one in Germany, other's will probably
follow.

You may certainly discuss this topic in our Music Downloads, P2P & Legal Issues Forum.

Unfortunately there is no legal alternative for downloading music files via
the Internet in Germany yet. Maybe the music industry should concentrate on
prodiving such a service before sueing individuals for uploading music
files.

Source: PCWelt.de