Originally Posted by notime

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...eafd877858b3a1
"A German state court on Tuesday found file-sharing site Rapidshare.com guilty of violation of German copyright law and set damages at about ?24 million ($34 million)"

And piratebay has a semi-government Dutch organisation suing them:
http://www.thelocal.se/20244/20090624/
If they win, all Dutch ISP's must block their url.
Italy is considering doing something similar.