https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed After raids which took place in 13 German states on Wednesday and Thursday in an investigation into an illegal download portal, authorities have blocked usenetrevolution.info - a platform that is believed to have caused millions of euros in losses. https://www.thelocal.de/20171110/illegal-download-portal-shut-down-after-authorities-conduct-nationwide-raids Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:33:32 +0100 illegal-download-portal-shut-down-after-authorities-conduct-nationwide-raids Germany could fly bombing missions into Somalia to destroy pirate bases, if a plan set to be discussed in cabinet on Wednesday is adopted. The idea has infuriated opposition parties who described it as senseless and dangerous. https://www.thelocal.de/20120418/42009 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:02:00 +0200 42009 Megaupload.com's German detained founder Monday denied wrongdoing after US authorities shut down his file-sharing website, as new details emerged of a rock-star life featuring "fast cars" and "hot girls." https://www.thelocal.de/20120123/40277 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:33:00 +0100 40277 Police said Kim "Dotcom" Schmitz, the German founder of file-sharing site Megaupload, tried to avoid arrest for alleged major copyright infringement by locking himself inside a panic room in his New Zealand house. https://www.thelocal.de/20120121/40257 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:39:00 +0100 40257 Internet users who don’t properly secure their wireless connection with a password can be held partly responsible if third parties use their account to illegally download music, a German court has ruled. https://www.thelocal.de/20100513/27171 Thu, 13 May 2010 13:31:00 +0200 27171 Internet pirates who repeatedly download illegally copied music, movies and other content will not have their internet service cut off in Germany, Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100303/25619 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:05:00 +0100 25619 The German music industry has cancelled this year’s Popkomm trade fair in Berlin due to a dramatic plunge in interest. https://www.thelocal.de/20090619/20073 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:32:00 +0200 20073 Calling it a victory for artists, the German entertainment industry has welcomed Friday’s guilty verdict in the case against four men behind Swedish file-sharing website The Pirate Bay for copyright infringement. https://www.thelocal.de/20090417/18703 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:02:00 +0200 18703 The German music industry on Wednesday called for the German government to combat internet piracy. https://www.thelocal.de/20090318/18097 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:47:00 +0100 18097 The German navy thwarted an attack on cargo ship off the coast of Somalia on Tuesday and capture nine pirates, according to military officials in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20090303/17779 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:57:00 +0100 17779 Pirates are demanding a ransom of $6 million (€4.7 million) for the release of a German tanker they highjacked in the Gulf of Aden last Thursday, news agency DPA reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090202/17151 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:27:00 +0100 17151 The German Navy frigate “Karlsruhe” set sail on Tuesday from Djibouti to take part in an EU-led anti-piracy mission off the Horn of Africa. The waters in the region have been plagued by increasingly daring attacks by pirates, mostly from Somalia. https://www.thelocal.de/20081223/16321 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:10:00 +0100 16321 In the wake of increasing attacks on foreign ships off the coast of Africa, German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said he would like for Somalian pirates captured by German soldiers to be tried in the country’s courts. https://www.thelocal.de/20081110/15425 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:25:00 +0100 15425 Somali pirates have released a German-operated ship after a reported $1.1 million ransom was paid. https://www.thelocal.de/20080912/14257 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:59:00 +0200 14257 An armed gang targeted a luxury yacht off a Mediterranean island with German financiers in a daring heist, officials said Monday. Masked gunmen stormed aboard the yacht off the French island of Corsica, overpowered crew and guests and made off with €138,000 ($204,000) from its safe. https://www.thelocal.de/20080826/13925 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:54:00 +0200 13925 Two Germans kidnapped from their yacht at the end of June by pirates off Somalia's northern Puntland region have been freed, officials said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20080809/13593 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:49:00 +0200 13593 Two Germans kidnapped from a yacht last month by pirates off Somalia's northern Puntland region have been in contact with their families, a German news weekly has reported. https://www.thelocal.de/20080706/12909 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:36:00 +0200 12909 The German government wants the country’s marine forces to fight international piracy. https://www.thelocal.de/20080613/12467 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:45:00 +0200 12467