Yesterday, Heise reported: "It remains unclear whether the customer database of the warez provider should be examined more closely. Legal experts hardly expect that users who downloaded something and paid for it will face criminal charges." and according to Tagesspiegel: "The authorities could probably identify the names of the 45,000 customers using the payment transaction lists stored in the computer system. According to reports, however, users need not fear prosecution. The sheer number of proceedings would likely overwhelm the courts. For now, it is sufficient for the GVU and the film companies organized there to dismantle the distribution structures." Well. That didn't work out - but seriously, I hardly believe that anyone considered ftpwelt as an official download portal with legal content. The original article can be found on heise online news here.