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Alexander Skipis, head of the German book publishers' association, used the Leipzig book fair to announce a lawsuit campaign against users sharing e-books, according to a report from Spiegel.de, referenced on P2P blog.
Skipis told the audience of his opening speech that his group intends to keep German courts busy with thousands of lawsuits. He also called P2P file sharing "organized crime" and lamented that politicians were ignoring the impact illegal downloads were having on book publishers. The details of the publishers' legal campaign are still unknown.
Skipis echoed music industry representatives in demanding that ISPs should help to curb file sharing by forwarding warning letters and cut off repeat infringers.