Yes, that's sad, but true. It was planned to let at least private users go, but the industry said "no, nothing, we want even them to be punished. EVERYBODY, no matter who it is." In this sense.
Brigitte Zypries, the Justice Minister, defended the law. “The aim is not now to slap handcuffs on downloaders in the school playground,” she said.
That was one of the big points in discussion : Illegally downloaded movies on DVDs circulating on school playgrounds. The idea was - as I tried to explain above - not to punish school children, too, but that was negated by the industry. Seemingly the industry even wants to punish children.
