I've been reading a large number of articles about P2P and various governments and I must say that Germany is the first EU country to tell the major industries to go screw themselves. Most other countries have been handing over whatever the music and record industries want and in many cases even allowing them to be a part of police raids. In most countries, this is normally illegal, but some how they manage to get in on the action.  It's also illegal in most countries for police and the gov to actively help in civil matters such as this. Think about it.  If you wanted to sue your neighbors for not returning your BBQ {outdoor cooking grill}, you will never get the police to raid their house and let you join in. Nor will the police/gov wiretap their phones and internet for you to help you with your civil case.

and they still deny that they are doing this huh?

i'm going to have to move to another country..real soon…cause the US is just assholes about file sharing.. i'm always reading great news in other countries..but the US...Shit...Shit...Shit..always bad news...LOL sad rich peeps always wanting more..

I am former oink member and I am waiting for waffles and what.cd to open and get an invite. I just don't see how to get them in the first place. I joined oink when it first started and was a limited membership - I just waited for an opening and joined. I think the replacement sites are starting out invite only.

"Mainline" is the official new name of the original BT client made by Bram Cohen. It does include many of the features found in uTorrent. At this time, there are no plans to merge the 2 clients {Mainline and uTorrent}. Mainline will be used by the Movie Industry as part of their attempt to get into the direct download market. So, YES, Mainline will report directly to the MPAA, at least while you are doing a "direct" download from a movie studio. Azureus also has a separate client "Vuze" that will be used by the movie industry, for the same reason as with Mainline. So, to recap; Avoid Mainline and Vuze, as if your life depended on it.