Since shutting down most pirate sites is impossible, Germany's ISPs are given a secret list of pirate domains to block, which in theory hides the existence of the pirate sites from internet users. After it emerged that a local ISP had accidentally exposed the list to the public for the last 10 months, the unintended transparency was quietly yet swiftly reversed. This response provides another point for debate as site-blocking proposals heat up in the United States.

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[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 day ago

That's like the least noteworthy aspect of German anti-piracy action out there tbh.

There's an entire industry around identifying people who torrent and fining them 4 digit amounts as well as forcing them to sign a declaration never to pirate again in their lifetime (which, when broken, results in contractual fines a magnitude larger). Don't want to sign? Tough luck, have fun losing a lawsuit forcing you to sign it.