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      Germany: 'Redtube porn users' get copyright infringement fines for streaming videos01:56

      Germany: 'Redtube porn users' get copyright infringement fines for streaming videos

      Germany, Cologne
      December 18, 2013 at 16:33 GMT +00:00 · Published

      Germany: 'Redtube porn users' get copyright infringement fines for streaming videos

      Between 20,000 and 30,000 presumed users of the porn website Redtube face €250 ($344) per-view fines for allegedly watching its porn content streaming, as of Thursday December 12. The media-rights lawyer Christian Solmecke, who represents 600 of the defendants, explained on Wednesday in Cologne that his clients received a cease and desist letter demanding them to pay the fine for being in breach of copyright.

      Solmecke said: "This was the first case in Germany that streaming users got these cease and desist letters. In former times only file sharers got this cease and desist letters but if this would be illegal in Germany, then in most of Europe it would be illegal too."

      The lawyer said most of his clients had not watched videos on the website and that the activity was due to pop ups in their browsers. Solmecke added that this is a "really illegal case" and that solicitors are planning to send more letters, including for other platforms such as YouPorn.

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      Germany: 'Redtube porn users' get copyright infringement fines for streaming videos

      Between 20,000 and 30,000 presumed users of the porn website Redtube face €250 ($344) per-view fines for allegedly watching its porn content streaming, as of Thursday December 12. The media-rights lawyer Christian Solmecke, who represents 600 of the defendants, explained on Wednesday in Cologne that his clients received a cease and desist letter demanding them to pay the fine for being in breach of copyright.

      Solmecke said: "This was the first case in Germany that streaming users got these cease and desist letters. In former times only file sharers got this cease and desist letters but if this would be illegal in Germany, then in most of Europe it would be illegal too."

      The lawyer said most of his clients had not watched videos on the website and that the activity was due to pop ups in their browsers. Solmecke added that this is a "really illegal case" and that solicitors are planning to send more letters, including for other platforms such as YouPorn.

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