German Book Publishers Sue File Sharing Readers

German book publishers’ association leader Alexander Skipis announced his group will sue thousands of Internet users who share literary files online. The announcement came during the annual Leipzig book fair.

The P2P Blog has more, noting that the German legal system is currently overwhelmed by copyright lawsuits for movie and music file-sharing. The first report came from Spiegel Online, for the German-speakers in the audience.

Here’s more from the post: “Skipis told the audience of his opening speech that his group intends to keep German courts busy with thousands of lawsuits. He also called P2P file sharing ‘organized crime’ and lamented that politicians were ignoring the impact illegal downloads were having on book publishers.” (Via TeleRead)

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