http://the1709blog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/higher-regional-court-of-dusseldor... In 1709 (or was it 1710?) the Statute of Anne created the first purpose-built copyright law. This blog, founded just 300 short and unextended years later, is dedicated to all things copyright, warts and all. In a judgment on 16 March 2017 the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf requested the operator of an open WiFi (and a TOR exit node) to take action against repeated copyright infringements by users of his IP-addresses (case no. I-20 U 17/16). In all scenarios, the defendant was liable for the infringements and was requested to take reasonable measures to prevent further infringements.