Hey everyone. I am an American living in Germany right now, and the other day my girlfriend (a German) got this scary email from Universal Studios saying that she had copyrighted movies for sharing on Edonkey. It was a movie. So she got really worried and I sent an email to them from her (it was in English) saying that she was sorry and that she’ll delete the filesharing program and all copyrighted material from her HD. But it is a little worrysome considering how she has no clue about computers and such, and I am frankly a little worried myself to continue using Edonkey because I don’t want to get into any trouble myself. I remember hearing earlier this year that they were going to start suing individual users (or was that the RIAA?) but anyway, I don’t know if anyone here knows German law or anything like that, but what is likely to happen?
Also is there any way to prevent people from seeing things like this on my computer? I find it quite disturbing and intrusive. I guess if you are sharing files and there is no way to turn it off then you are knowingly allowing access.
Any help would be appreciated.