The Logistep AG is a company with seat in Switzerland. In accordance with entry with the responsible office for trade register office for course trade register course is Leszek Krzysztof Oginsky, Polish citizens, with domicile in Karlsruhe, only director of the enterprise with single signature. The Logistep AG attained admittingness by private determinations in the file sharing scene. According to statement of the Logistep durchforstet here its software on behalf the right owners P2P-Netzwerke to their protected works and hands over the determined data to a Kanzlei, if copyright infringements are documented. This refunds then charge.

Business model

The software is based according to Heise on a modified version of the Shareaza Clients, which can access several popular P2P-Protokolle. This is not confirmed by Logistep. The Client scans P2P-Netzwerke to works, which are protected by copyright and are thus illegaly offered. If such a work is discovered, the IP address of the offering is stored. Now several steps are activated:

• Against the owner of the determined IP address charge is placed by a law office.
• At first on the basis the found IP address of the Provider one determined, within whose address range the address falls. The Logistep software sent now at this Provider automatically a E-Mail away with the request not to delete the log data to the found IP address. In addition the reference was attached that a potenzielle criminal offence is present and in next time access to the log data will request the public prosecutor's office.

This procedure was explained before court due to a complaint by Versatel for inadmissible. http://www.netzeitung.de/internet/373146.html http://www.welt.de/data/2005/12/16/818268.html

• If the responsible public prosecutor's office could determine the owner of the IP address due to the charge for the questionable time (with it this is possible, must the Provider appropriate Logs have kept), notices the law office the possibility of the file inspection assigned by Logistep. Due to the determined address it makes then a warning. A goal is by no means a punishing or civil proceedings, but the receipt of an omission explanation and the payment out of court of a payment of damages. In this way for example in October 2005 3700 warnings were sent away.

Handling the chief public prosecutor's office Karlsruhe with mass charges

At the beginning of January 2006 published the chief public prosecutor's office Karlsruhe a recommendation relative the procedure with mass charges. Therefore the accused one of is to be identified further over the used IP address, so that the civil procedure (determination of the accused one of by file inspection) can be also further practiced. The recommendation for criminal consequences is classified according to amount of that illegaly refugees of works:

• with less than 100 works: Attitude of the procedure
• with 101-500 works: Questioning of the accused one of
• with more than 500 works: Execution of determinations, if necessary with search of the apartment.

These guidelines apply to accused one of, which are not already relevantly previously convicted. Loud heise on-line are usually converted such recommendations "“[...] also by directly not addressed public prosecutor's offices"”. Mass charges against P2P-Nutzer: Trifle regulation by the back door

Resonance

Above all customers express themselves positively over the actions of the company.

Peppermint Jam

Wolfgang crimp, managing directors of Peppermint Jam, over the agency of Logistep: "“We regard their function as a good possibility of creating an overdue injustice consciousness with the Internet users."”

Zuxxez

"“Dirk P. Hassinger, executive committee with Zuxxez, confirmed the agency of Logistep. "“Immense losses result to us from the exchange of our software in which we no more do not accept."”

Already let yourself observe, "“that the action to that extent gefruchtet, Earth 2160 in exchange stock exchanges is not to be found as no more and thus the sales as good is continuously very satisfying. ""

Criticism

Handicap of the determinations

By dispatching the warnings by the right owners the suspected ones are requested to delete all questionable works immediately and stop further spread further. If the concerning of the request follows, then no proofs remain securing for the determining public prosecutor's office, since all traces were already deleted.

Enamel at Provider

The Provider is obligated after German right (still) to delete the connecting data after connecting end if they are not needed for accounting purposes. The request Logisteps for the keeping of these connecting data is thus rated of critics as call to a violation of the law.

The moreover one the automatically generated enamels lead to a considerable expenditure with the Provider concerned. Thus Logistep was forbidden by one of the Provider Versatel requested provisional order to send further enamels.

Clarity of the GUID

Logistep stated to provide in any form a GUID independently of the IP the Internet user identifies. Since Logistep keeps its technology secret and this GUID before court still stands a disclosure and/or the acknowledgment, the conclusive force is questionable.

If it should actually concern the Credit Hash of the eDonkey network or a comparable ID of the Gnutella of 1/2 or bit torr T-pad, then a conclusive force is questionably, since this IDs manipulates itself easily, again to generate and even from other Usern "“steals"” to leave. Besides the assignment of the same Hashs at two user is improbable, but possible.

Statement of right owners and/or syndicates

The speaker of the federation of the German IFPI Hartmut mirror-image corner rejects the procedure, since one does not believe that the deterrent effect can be increased by doubling of the announcements. Instead one wants with the users "“a feeling as when black driving"” to produce, thus injustice consciousness strengthen.

The society for the pursuit of copyright infringements (GVU) does not exclude the use of such or a similar system for the future. One sees the Logistep procedure nevertheless zwiegespalten here: On the one hand is the one passable way, in order to approach to address data of the users, on the other hand one the prosecution authorities however substantial loaded which co-operation worsen can.

Customer

• Zuxxez: PC play Earth 2160. 13700 charges.
• CDV software Entertainment AG: among other things PC play "„tank Phase2 "“CDV news: "„Special attention applies TANK Phase2 "“(conditions 02.05.2006)
• Moses Pelham/3p-Label: Works of glasshouse. Expenditure lump sum with warning: 250 euro, demand for payment of damages: 50 euro.
• Eidos GmbH: among other things the titles "“totally Overdose"” and "“Conflict global Storm"”
• 10TACLE of STUDIOS AG: no closer data.
• Pepermint Jam: Works of Mousse T, Roachford and Warren G also Mousse T and colleague trust von Logistep in the P2P-Fahnder
• Electronics kind: no closer data.
• Battelfront.com: no closer data.

Related links

• Homepage of the Logistep AG
• Platform for the victims of the warnings
• FAZ report
• Heise Newticker report on the charges
• Further report with Heise

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