Germany’s highest court has ruled that internet service providers must disclose the name and address of illegal filesharers when requested by copyright owners.

The verdict comes from the country’s Federal Court of Justice after indie distributor Tonpool filed a case against a German ISP to release details of a filesharer who illegally distributed the song ‘Bitte Hör Nicht Auf Su Träumen’ by German singer-songwriter Zavier Nadoo.

Until this verdict, such disclosure was only applicable when assets were shared for profit ...