--- title: So nimm das Content Mafia “An IP address... slug: so-nimm-das-content-mafia-an-ip-address tags: - internetz date: "2012-05-04T01:58:00+02:00" author: marvin draft: false --- So nimm das Content-Mafia... > An IP address provides only the location at which one of any number of > computer devices may be deployed, much like a telephone number can be > used for any number of telephones. > Thus, it is no more likely that the subscriber to an IP address > carried out a particular computer function – here the purported > illegal downloading of a single pornographic film – than to say an > individual who pays the telephone bill made a specific telephone call. Und es wird noch besser... > In his recommendation order the Judge labels mass-BitTorrent lawsuits > a “waste of judicial resources.” For a variety of reasons he > recommends other judges to reject similar cases in the future. ([via](http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b15c088b))