Originally Posted by Socks

"In what could prove a key precedent, the court found Rapidshare, and by extension similar file-sharing sites, bear principle responsibility for ensuring copyright-protected material is not illegally posted on their servers. "

The floodgates may have opened in Germany. France, Italy and Spain are probably going to be next. Once a few big countries get involved and set a precedent, there will be more to follow.

The US has been urging Spain to do the three strikes thing - even though they don't even have it in the US.