08.03.2017 - 17:43 [ Techdirt ]

German Judge Fines Father Because He Didn‘t Tell His Kid Not To Engage In Piracy

Time for German parents to have „The Talk“ with their kids. Unprotected sexual activity is probably fine. But casual seeding? That‘s a problem.

TorrentFreak reports that a German court has decided to hold a parent responsible for his child‘s infringing activity. This doesn‘t have much to do with the rightsholder being unable to extract fines from a minor, but rather a perceived parenting failure.