That's a really stupid law and it's one of the reasons why Germany is so far behind when it comes to building great internet/tech startups.
Germany is doing pretty good actually. I visit German start-ups with great regularity and both the quantity and the quality leave very little to be desired.
Munich, Hamburg, Berlin all have a fair number of very interesting start-up companies quite a few of which I think will end up doing just fine in the longer term.
I'd say their expensive/restrictive mobile infrastructure would be a bigger hindrance.
I am sorry, but I am just unable to join the dots. Could you articulate more?
That might actually be a good idea.
Not downvoting just suggesting that the sarcasm might detract from comprehensibility for English learners. It detracts nothing from the point by just saying plainly that she should not be.
In order to make copyright infringement marginally harder, you take away the utility of broadly available, free or low cost wifi.
An entire nation has to lose a utility or pay a "copyright tax"... For what benefit?
I would say its more of a lazy law than just plain stupid as lazy law writing is far worse at times
There are moral and pragmatic reasons against liability, but they are not nearly as glaring as that inequality.
They're just taking security seriously.
> They're just taking copyright law seriously. :-)