The car washing ban is more about oil or fuel which can pollute the ground water. 1 drop of oil can pollute 600-1000l of water.

@segka8536

Жыл бұрын

@JP4Christ What about secretly pouring engine oil in the river for fun? What kind of argument is this? If the majority washes their cars at home, you will get a bigger problem than we have right now.

@shhh3683

10 ай бұрын

​@@hello_this_is_methat's an accident that happens but I think they are smart enough to already prevent it or afford that loss

@NapoleonDynamyte

9 ай бұрын

🤦🏻‍♂️

@migpinx

6 ай бұрын

Fortunately rain in Germany knows about the law and it's selective.

My friend got a large fine for illegal downloading that her FRIEND did when they stayed with her for a few days. She did not know about it at the time, but she was still responsible for that person's illegal downloads. She did enlist the help of a lawyer to reduce the fine. She ended up contacting her friend to pay for it, too! So, it's helpful to also advise friends and family staying with you to NOT make any downloads using your Wi-Fi!

"Up to" in fines normally means that you will never reach that fine. For example for swimming in a lake that is prohibited MIGHT be listed with "up to 5000" but usually it will start by 25 Euro.

@supertobino

3 жыл бұрын

not always true: in berlin fines for house parties with more than 5 people during the last lockdown were ‘up to 1250’ and I’ve only heard of cases where every single participant was fined the full 1250. so I guess it really depends on how angry authorities are…

@lphaetaamma291

3 жыл бұрын

@@supertobino the diffrence on the beach is, how close you come to protected areas like nests and reed fields and dangerous places with turbulent water. If you going in the beach til your ankles are under water you will probably get fined much less, than than, when you harm ecosystems. On the other hand: you can't participate a a Party half way, either you do or you don't

@supertobino

3 жыл бұрын

@@lphaetaamma291 haha, like: officer I was only half there, I didn’t even dance!!

@andreashorn9638

3 жыл бұрын

@@supertobino The difference is that the enviromental protetction laws have to deal with a much wider variety of cases. Starting with illegal swimming, or maybe disturbing wildlife, ending in dumping rubbish or other enviromentally dangerous stuff. btw: Just looked up the Corona-Verordnung of Berlin, there is no fine of 1250 €. so what you have "heard" might be wrong as is often the case with things that you "hear". The fine for particants of a party would be 500 max.

@RustyDust101

3 жыл бұрын

That swimming in prohibited waters is not only to protect the body of water from unwarranted bathers. In many cases these lakes are either Baggerseen / excavator lakes that may have unsafe sides that could collapse and cause an underwater suction that might cause even the best swimmers to drown. Or the sides might collapse and tear down the surrounding areas causing significant damage to cliffs, roads, or even buildings. So yeah, sometimes, *Sometimes*, I do understand the "Baden verboten". In other cases it is more a problem of overcrowding a lake's eco-system, especially with the usualy amount of sunscreen people apply today. If 50000 people swim and bathe in a lake that is only able to support 1000 people without killing off its ecosystem, it is easier to prohibit ALL swimming in it than trying to control the number of people getting access to it. Yeah, not really an equitable solution, but to the bureaucratic mind that might be the ONLY solution.

I love the way you two respect each other. Funny, compatible and informational. Since I left Germany 50 years ago a lot I did not know, some you walked down memory lane. Thank you

Thank you both! As always, got new things to keep in mind☺️.

The first Article in our Constitution is "The dignity of man is inviolable". So therefore we are very serious about handling insults.

@daffyduk77

2 жыл бұрын

Regrettably we';ve gone too far down this path in the UK also ("causing harrassment, alarm or distress") , & now there is an undercurrent to remove people's right not to be offended. Which I'd support. It should not be criminalised, IMHO

@MartinZanichelli

Жыл бұрын

You learned that a little late considering your recent history in the last hundred years.

Love your channel and from time to time I am even learning stuff about my home country. To save you from some fees: you should put a "Werbung" banner in the last chapter 😉

THANKS FOR PROVIDING US THE KNOWLEDGE IN DETAIL.🙂

ihr zwei seid die besten! seit 5 Jahren lebe ich in Teilzeit in Deutschland. Du hast mir so viele Geheimnisse erklärt! vielen, vielen Dank,😉 Außerdem seid ihr beide so leicht zu hören.

You guys are the best! I introduced my German class to the ‘111 Idioms page’ on your site and they loved it. It inspired my teacher to focus on Redewendungen for the remainder classes. 😊

@simplegermany

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Laura, that's awesome! Thanks a lot! Glad you like it 😊

I love the way that the help each other any in funny way and that makes the contact really interesting to watch 😊

Another Great episode 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 get the „Rechtschutzversicherung“😇😇😇😇

Your videos are great help. Keep it up Guys!🎉

LOVE THIS! Moving to Germany in August and your videos have been nothing but helpful and entertaining. VIELEN DANK!!!

About the pirating point: Because of P2P (Peer to Peer) copyright infrigements, German People only use OCHs (One-Click-Hosters) That way it is split. The illegal part is done by an "uploader" who upload it to the servers and the legal part (simple download of the movie/files) can be done by normal people. Although what needs to be said is, it is only legal to download files that are not "obviously illegal", which makes this very vague. Fun Fact: In germany it is allowed to make endless private copies of (copyrighted) files (music/movies/..) because we pay a big fee on every storage medium/device that can be used to store illegal data! ( Pauschalabgabe )

Also fines often depend on the income of the person. For example if you insult somebody, you will get a fine of xx day rate's of your income up to a certain max. amout. E.g. you earn 100 € per day. 10 day rate of income as fine = 1000€. Other fines have a fixed amout e.g. travic violations

@peterfischer7084

3 жыл бұрын

That´s only true for "Geldstrafen" which are punishments for criminal offences. Not for Verwarnungsgeld and Bußgeld which are regulated by the civil code.

Thank you so much for this useful video. Awesome information that any foreigner must know! By the way I liked the video before I completely watch it. Good luck!

I have been here in Germany for 40 years and am still truly baffled at the laws on insults! This seems so petty to me, even if I originally come from one of the most litigious countries in the world (USA). I have been insulted plenty of times here and would never think of calling the police;-))

@_Yannex

Жыл бұрын

If the other person who'd insulted you was right , the police can't do anything at all😂

You are amazing! you really made Germany simpler for me :)

I learn a lot from your videos. I'm new in Germany and find your videos helpful

Dude...your channel is LIFE SAVING! SOOOOOO NEEDED THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH!!!!

Living in Germany from 3 years.. but still was not aware of these things.. thank you so much guys.. you are awesome!

You guys are awesome. I click the like button even before i watch.

@fabioc981

2 жыл бұрын

I wanted to write the same XD keep up the good work!

@victorperlain

Жыл бұрын

Me too! 😂 ❤️❤️❤️

@victorperlain

Жыл бұрын

After watching your video(s) l always feel like l spent a wonderful afternoon with dearest friends 🥰. (P.S. criminal offence, maybe a felony?)

just as a piece of additional info. If your only concern are scummy landlords, you don't need legal insurance. If you become a member of a "Mieterbund" (renters' alliance) you usually also have legal insurance pertaining to your rental agreement for your house/apartment. And it usually is a lot cheaper that way around. Heck, sometimes a letter from the legal department of said alliance is enough to make a landlord back down from outrageous demands. They are also helpful for reviewing your annual bill for costs associated with your home (Nebenkostenabrechnung). Edit: Also concerning the prison sentence for spitting on someone, that likely has to do with it being treated as physical attack (Körperverletzung) - which is a different and more severe crime.

Thankyou guys!

I watched this initially because you guys are adorable and I wondered which laws you would discuss. I learned about the technology of torrents. Who knew 😄 Let me also second the “nicht schwarzfahren” recommendation.

It’s also good to know that the Haftpflichtversicherung and the Rechtsschutzversicherung usually do not cover traffic related cases. If you’re looking for legal protection in traffic issues, you might need an additional insurance plan.

@simplegermany

2 жыл бұрын

Most legal insurance providers offer three different areas for cover. Traffic is one of them, so you can choose to get protection for that area as well. 😊

@reinhard8053

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes there are insurance combinations which are cheaper. I have a Kasko and a Rechtschutzversicherung(for traffic and with this car) because together they are cheaper than just the Kasko alone !?

About the online pirate Actually if you accidently or even on purpose (not suggested) download a copyright thing, not likely they will immediately catch you and fine you. Also, if they send a fine letter, you can directly ignore it because this letter is not from goverment and bank etc. Just maybe from a law company which is paied by copyright company to track those private. This letter is not a certain fine you need to pay. This is just a suspicion from the company. And they need to offer further proof if they want to sue you. So just ignore it at the begining, no need to response. If they send more and more letters, then strongly say no you didnt do it and ask them to offer proof. Generally they will stop there because it will become complicated but if they dont, you can say this network was maybe used by other stranger who stole your wifi and you knew nothing about it. Just dont say you do it at any time. Because if you admit it yourself, thats when they will catch your tail and keep all the way until you submit the fine. The one way and best, always use VPN then you will always be secured.

@Alf3003

11 ай бұрын

important not to sign the cease-and-desist letter that was sent to you. Because in this one usually recognizes the guilt. In the past, there were forms for a modified cease-and-desist letter without acknowledgment of guilt.

Sometimes it comes down to the person who checked your ticket. Because it happened to me sometime that I forgot to buy a new monthly ticket or the extra tickets you sometimes need. And if you're nice and polite they may ask you what your destination was and will write it down at your ticket so at least you can go to work and do the aftermath of your stupidness later the day :) Of course thats not common and I met some really rude people as well but that's not always the case. Great video =)

You ladies are awesome. 🧡

Good information ! Danke 😁😎👍

Very nice video! 😉 I sort of already knew most of these occasions. Sort of. Well, at least combining the detailed cultural insights you've created and written with all the information you put together here, it gets rather... logical to me. It's good to know how seriously Germans take the good demeanors! And btw, one gesture I noticed from you, Yvonne, at 13:39 came in very interesting and beautiful. When Jen stuck out her tongue just to show it (while actually looking you in the eyes), you stood with a straight face, drew your hand and exchanged a handshake. I'm not sure if it's something the two of you do or is it more culture and education related, but such a small thing spoke a thousand words on how someone would feel if the situation was real. Vielen, vielen Dank für einen weiteren hilfreichen und sehr wichtigen Inhalt! 👍👍

Watching this for like the 3rd time and I noticed something cool at 14:57 when Jen says to like the video, the like button block lights up. That is so cool! Watching on pc btw not sure if it works on the mobile app

@simplegermany

2 ай бұрын

Yes, that’s a cool new feature from KZread 😊

We have the exact same thing in Dallas County, Texas. People check your train ticket. If you don't have one, you have to pay a fine.

Nice video! :)

Get safe is great. I had a consultation right away with a lawyer when i received a driving fine. Great service.

This is really an eye opener

We learned the difference between Bußgeld and Geldstrafe like this: Geldstrafe will happen if your deed was morally reprehensible (e.g. shoplifting), Bußgeldbescheid if it is morally indifferent (like speeding).

Very good information for people that are not from Germany.

When I was on a homevisit in Germany lately I went somewhere where only the slow "Bummelbahn" trains stop, which stop everywhere. Connection back and forth is two hourly, pretty inconvenient as by the time I was on my way home one train had only left. Luckily this was next to a big town so I tried to chance my luck and take a train to the opposite direction to that bigger town (less than 5 mins ride) in order to take a Regional Express train home (half an hour ride). there was a queue at the ticket machine and when the train rolled in evereyone was rushing down the stairs and up the other to the other platform. I went over to the conductor on the train and explained the situation and he let me do the quick one-stop-hop over and said it was ok, cause I had approached him straight away on this occasion. At the bigger station I could go to the DB travel centre and asked them how I best made my way home, since I believed the ticket to be to/from that small village only and that I may need a proper ticket to cover the difference, but much to my surprise the ticket stated the towncode of that bigger town, so I in fact I haven't been "schwarzfahren" at all. Guess that village is so close to the big town that they belong together in terms of ticketing zones.

Very good and important topic, really nice that you did it. In Germany if you change your home, take a look into your maybe new neighborhood and what kind of people living there. It can be a thug experience, some people have the whole day nothing more to do than find something wrong and a opportunity to call the police or a lawyer for small issue. Complaining is a competition in Germany. The cities make a lot of money with Schwarzfahren/ people that travel without paying, it's a huge business. It's also a lot of pressure for the inspectors to find someone.

@GospodinJean

8 ай бұрын

Germany is the country of forbidding things and complaining

Actually, if you just wash the outer parts of your car only with pure water on paved surface with sewer system, then this is not forbidden as that's exactly the same as if your car is standing outside in the rain (there are court rulings which confirm that). It is however forbidden as soon as you would wash anywhere inside the motor, use any chemical cleaning substance that would normally not get into the sewer system (this applies to pretty much all car shampoos), or if the dirty water can directly enter the environment or the the ground water (e.g. if you do it on grassland, on plain soil, or anywhere else the water would not end up in a sewer system). As barely anyone washes a car without cleaner, you can pretend it is generally forbidden, yet if you would just use a high pressure cleaner with pure water on the outside of your car (not into the radiator grille!) to get rid of some dust or flies while it is standing on a public street with sewer system, you would get away with it, thought this hardly counts as a full car wash.

@EmmaHope88

Жыл бұрын

I used wash my dad's car in our driveway, on a main street, with an all natural cleaner and our neighbor walking by (he's a police officer). Sometimes there was a police car driving by. Never have we been fined.

Thank you! You save me from potential fine. even though I rarely use torrent and did not intend to use in Germany. I have already downloaded torrents, which are seeded in background. I should delete them before moving to Germany. Otherwise, when Windows starts, torrent is automatically started in the background and start seeding :)

@MartinZanichelli

Жыл бұрын

Have a VPN to hide your IP.

Great show AGAIN THANKS 😊🇮🇪🇮🇪

They have machines that dispense tickets: a dutch colleague joked that these machines are IQ tests (deliberate) ;-) Keeps Germans sharp.

@haukenot3345

Жыл бұрын

They aren't that complicated really, but the software can sometimes be very laggy, which can easily trip you up if you arrive at the station last minute.

Hello again. Based from your video, downloading illegally does get fined. How about bringing in downloaded movies in an external HDD for personal consumption? Is it illegal too? Not sure if there is a way to track that though.

We have a secluded lake property next to the forest and we can not let anyone swim there. If something happens to the swimmers we will have a lot of legal trouble, so we have to tell them to leave the property or call police if they refuse to leave. Also you must look for water quality if you provide a lake for swimmers, in summer a lot of people get poisoned by the blue algae. Swimming lakes have to get checked regularly. Also, in the area I live a lot of lakes are used for fish farming and when people swim in them it stresses the offspring and they may die. The owner will be very angry with you. You sometimes can´t tell the difference between swimming lakes and fish farming lakes, so you have to look at the signs. I wish you a wonderful summer and nice swimming in clean water. 🥰 Edit: the spitting thing...because you can transmit diseases that may affect the health of other people (and sometimes also cause the death of other people), spitting is classified as "Körperverletzung" (mayhem), that is the reason you maybe see the prison from the inside after that^^

Hi I am on old german male an i like your stuff go on. To the point of carwashing. In former Days you could see every Dad on Saturday wash his car on the streets, and belive me it took hours. The reason to forbit it: when you wash your car it will bring oil asphalt and many other things in the canalasitation. This can not be cleared by our water cleaning systems. The carwash stations have special filters to protect the groundwater and the soil. It ist still ok to wash your car inside (the cabin).

The thing with the money... If a judge sentences you to pay he might do in "Tagessätze" which means he takes a look at your overall income and you have to pay according to the money you theoretically have per day. So if a rich man shows you the middle finger it costs him more Euros than a poor man. Trying to catch Porsche ore Mercedes drivers doing it is more lucrative.

@tobyk.4911

2 жыл бұрын

Some years ago a professional soccer player (who played in the men's 1st Bundesliga) was caught by police driving a car without driving license ... As far as I remember, he was sentenced to 90 "Tagessätze", in other words: about 25% of his yearly income... a penalty somewhere between 1 and 2 million Euro.

Especially so called minor misdemeanors which endangers plants, animals and the environment are fined heavily in Germany. For instance letting you dog run around without a leash in the fields or the woods will cost you up to 5,000 € in the time from April to July (because that's bird breeding time). Or hunting down the marten which frequently destroys your car's insulation or cables and capturing or killing will cost you up to 50,000 €. Just like cutting down a tree in your garden without official permission (which you won't get).

@simplegermany

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, those are heavy fines! But good for nature 🙂

Very interesting video, I have a question regarding washing a car, well if for example I go to nature, stopped my car, and used vacuum cleaner to clean (inside of car), and then use chemical spray cleaner (also to clean inside of car) and then just opened 4 doors to let air flow inside for 2 hours, without putting any garbage or any dirty things to the place around, and without using water, would that be allowed or not?

You two should watch a movie called Emperor of the North. You’ll really see how harshly you are treated when riding a train without a ticket. The Shack(Ernest Borgnine) ruled the rails until “A No 1” (Lee Marvin) came along and the Shack meets his match. Very violently. 😱 I love this movie and you’ ll see a little what life was like in America during the Great Depression.

You guys are doing amazing work. Thanks for that. Streaming the content online from any website is not an offence, right? I stream movies from a Indian based website for which we don’t need to pay.

Not quite sure if I want to live in Germany anymore lol...

many fines depend on your income. for example you can get fined to pay what you earn in 20 days so the fine can be very high for rich people

@lphaetaamma291

3 жыл бұрын

@@emilwandel i just wanted to explain, why the fine for insults differs so much and that the fine depends less on how you insult someone, but how much you earn. In my opinion "Ordnungswidrigkeiten"-fines should also depend on your income as they (how i think to remember) do in norway: a 50€ fine might threaten a poor mans ability to pay his basic needs, while it's nothing for someone with a decent income

Some fines are there just to prevent putting yourself in danger. For example: Swimming in certain waters, like River Rhine, might kill you.

on buses you usually can buy a ticket when you enter the bus and in trams there might be a ticket mashine. but the moment you obviously don't care about geting a ticket anymore, you can get asked for showing one and get fined

@RustyDust101

3 жыл бұрын

Buses, yes, you can get one from the driver. But if you enter in the back and you get checked on, you'd better have a ticket, because you can't go up to the driver to buy your ticket anymore. Trams, U-Bahn, S-Bahn: I have never seen a ticket machine ON the trains. There you HAVE to get a ticket BEFORE boarding the train.

@lphaetaamma291

3 жыл бұрын

@@RustyDust101 I know one tram system, where at last on some trams are machines on board, but yes, you can't relay on this if you are a foreigner. there is only one way of geting around it: if you proof, that there is no working machine in the trainstation by noting the number of the defect machine. But if then comes a controller, you have to go to him/her actively

Wenn Ihr einen illegalen Download macht und Copyright verletzt kann es sein, dass Ihr von einem Anwalt angeschrieben werdet, eine Unterlassungserklärung unterschreiben und eine Abmahngebühr bezahlen müsst. Das ist aber keine Strafe im juristischen Sinn. Die kann nur ein Gericht bei einer Straftat verhängen bzw. eine Behörde bei einer Ordnungswidirgkeit. If you make an illegal download and violate copyright, you may be contacted by a lawyer, sign a cease and desist letter and have to pay a warning fee. But this is not a punishment in the legal sense. This can only be imposed by a court in the case of a criminal offense or by an authority in the case of an administrative offence.

Starting with the invisible turntables. Will be good!

@PPfilmemacher

3 жыл бұрын

😂

How does the downloading fine apply to downloading in Telegram 10:52

omg! What about watching series or films online like on Soap2day? I suppose that too?

@simplegermany

6 ай бұрын

Yes, that too is illegal.

Could you please make a video on how landlords might try to scam someone? I've already started reading ads using the knowledge you gave us in your rental video. But getting some extra info on what might happen during the time one rents an apartment would be great.

@simplegermany

16 күн бұрын

We cover how to avoid scams and so much more in our ebook: simplegermany.shop/products/get-your-keys

@baluvideo

13 күн бұрын

@@simplegermany awesome! Thanks!

What about using a VPN to access streaming from another country? For example I might not be able to stream a movie in Germany, but my US Netflix account would work fine. If I use a VPN to stream from my US Netflix, I assume this would get me a fine as well?

@ravanpee1325

3 жыл бұрын

VPN isn't illegal in any way, but pretty normal. The pirating thing was more about e-donkey, kaaza, pirat bay and other filesharing peer-to-peer programs back in the day.

@nomirrors3552

3 жыл бұрын

@@ravanpee1325 So while streaming a movie in Germany that I don't have the right to stream is technically illegal, it's not being enforced in the same that BitTorrent sites are being monitored for downloads and uploads.

@simplegermany

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! We go into more detail here: www.simplegermany.com/streaming-in-germany/

@nomirrors3552

3 жыл бұрын

@@simplegermany Oh, thanks you guys!!

Another illegal thing which might surprise people from the US (f. i.); Recording people without their consent (including/especially police!).

hey there! I've a question, if I have a website who share movies and it's not blocked- can i watch it?

@simplegermany

2 жыл бұрын

The question is whether the website acquired those movies illegally. Here is a list of legal streaming services in Germany: www.simplegermany.com/streaming-in-germany/#The_ultimate_list_of_legal_streaming_sites_in_Germany

How do we get or look for lawyers?

Recently I visited Germany. I didn’t know a ticket has to be validated until an undercover staff caught me and gave me a fine of 60 euro. The ticket was a day pass, and I thought that after I purchased the ticket, the next 24 hours it was valid.

@user-qr7zf6rj6t

7 ай бұрын

So you have to additionally scan it somewhere to enable it? Or what do you mean by validated?

You forgot to mention "Verwarnungsgeld" (as compared to Bußgeld and Geldstrafe) and "Vergehen" (as compared to Ordnungswidrigkeit and Straftat).

I lived in Germany from 72 to 96. I had a girlfriend that got a ticket because she left her car unlocked in her drive thru. As a teenager if I didn't have the money for the train i stayed in the bathroom until i got off. Only did it a few times. In the 70s we didn't have an app. One time i paid for my ticket and ran for the train which left as I got on. I realized I left my ticket in the machine.

Als Kinder haben wir gesagt" Das sage ich meiner Mama", als Erwachsener sagen wir "Sie hören von meinem Anwalt"!;-))

@simplegermany

3 жыл бұрын

😂 very true!

But what about "Movie Dome" and "Netz Kino"? I don't pay there either!

I like Germany for this :) Thank you - subscribed 💕

The car wash really surprised me the most.

Are insurances sometimes attached to jobs like they are in the US? Or are they offered through job associations?

@simplegermany

Жыл бұрын

Yes, for some insurances you can get a better deal through a job association. But that varies greatly.

@Invert_Scrub

Жыл бұрын

@@simplegermany Great, thank you!!

Very good video, living here for 1.5 years and I can’t wait to leave this country Germans in NRW seem very mean, yell at you for just standing there, but the culture contradicts itself as for example my neighbour in the city keeps putting the garbage bins in front of my garage, I asked them not to and they argued with me that there is no other place to put it and walked away, but then they tried to fine me to parking my car in my driveway which was apparently blocking part of the walkway … It’s a culture of angry people where I like

@tomatom9666

Жыл бұрын

Generational trauma in these slavic eastern Germans

@graytoby1

Жыл бұрын

Bro I lived in NRW for way too long and I can't agree with you more the Germans here are miserable miserable bastards. I don't think I've ever seen one of them smile or laugh. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I think that in some parts of the world (?"Middle East"?), a thumb up traditionally means the same thing as a middle finger does in America or Europe.

Is legal insurance different from health and travel insurance or do they come in the same bundle?

@simplegermany

2 жыл бұрын

Legal insurance is a different insurance than health and travel insurance. If you're interested in one, you can check out our detailed guide on the topic: www.simplegermany.com/legal-insurance-germany/

@StartupIstan

2 жыл бұрын

@@simplegermany thank you :)

How to know the illegal website?

Not true! You can buy a ticket on a bus. You can even buy a ticket on a long distance train if you actively seek out the conductor and explain why you didn't get one before boarding (e.g. Machine broken )

@thorstenguenther

Жыл бұрын

That is correct, just directly approach the Zugführer (conductor), i.e. the person who signals the train departure in a station, immediately, these persons are extremely helpful. I e.g. due to an attack on a train line that shut off its electricity had to switch to a train in Berlin that Amy ticket wasn't valid for and should have approached the station personnel, but the queue was endless so I asked the conductor and she immediately gave me her okay to use her train. I even had a situation where an expected train did not come and I was stranded at a small station, so after studying the schedule and checking for alternatives, I asked the conductor of the train in the opposite direction if I could take that train and change direction at the next major station, which I was also immediately allowed to.

The "fine" für downloading/uploading ist actually neither a Bußgeld nor a Geldstrafe. It is money you pay to the artist/studio because they (probably) lost money (Schadensersatz) and to the lawyer for the effort of catching you, writing the letter,... (Aufwandsentschädigung). So it is not the state penalty but a "civilian".

Hi there ! First of all I enjoy your videos a lot. - You both are so likable. 🤗 Here comes my funny story. - Back then in the 70s I was riding my bicycle, and as teenagers often do, I had a friend sitting on the Gepäckträger. 🙂Completely out of the blue a car suddenly pulled out right in front of us and almost caused us to have an accident, since I had to stop abruptly. Therefore I was furiously mad... Lol... Showed the person in the car the "bird", as we call it, when you tip on your fore head to signal someone is stupid, and I yelled at him.... "You have lost all your marbles you idiot... How could you cut us? ... We almost caused an accident." - Then the person said... Careful young lady, this is "Beamten Beleidigung" and he pulled out his criminal investigator ID, and said that he will accompany me home, to talk to my parents, since I committed a crime. ( I answered him that for committing Beamtenbeleidigung, I would habe to know that he is one, because he was in civil and drove a civil car either. 😀) ... He continued... It is forbidden to transport a person with our bike. (Which we all know, but no one says anything, if you do it.) So while I was riding my bike, I considered a way to escape, where the car cannot follow me... Lol... but then I decided to not cowardly run away, and to own my mistake... Besides, I knew no one is home anyways. 😂 The guy then wanted me to open the door to see that I really live there, he took down the address, and later in the evening the phone rang, and it was him on the phone. He wanted to talk to my dad. Of course I told my dad instantly what happened, and he thought it was funny, but said to better watch out in future times and maybe not show the bird to a stranger, and call them names. 😀 After he hung up my dad told me that I was correct... He indeed is an idiot! 😂 He knew him from an incident at work, where he had to deal with him. He was the kind of person, who was getting in all that doesn't even fall into his responsibilities. Gladly no fees, but I got a warning. 😂

@witty2u

3 жыл бұрын

Later in life a police car stopped me, and that same friend way past midnight, when we both were riding on my bicycle, and with a grin in their face said to walk home, since it's forbidden. - We apologized, walked and waited until the police car was out of sight and hopped back on the bike, when suddenly that same car came out of a different road, stopped us again, and these two officers still friendly said that they hope to not meet us a third time this night ... Lol. Gladly they did not ask for our IDs, since we weren't even 18 and weren't supposed be outside at that time at night. There are those that are cool and friendly, and they are the norm I would say. - At least in Cologne. 🙂

Many countries have laws against insulting/verbal assault/moral harassment, including most, if not all, in South America. It just happens to be another case of the law unfairly serving the rich. The amount of money, time, and education required to take someone to court, or to even know that you can, it's an amount of resources not available or too costly for most of the population in developing countries. And that's if you even do have witnesses to avoid a "my word against yours" kinda case. So most people, almost everywhere, are used to just returning the insults.

what if you buy the pirated stuff in Guatamala and bring it to Germany - and you play them on your laptop?

@simplegermany

3 жыл бұрын

Well let's call that a grey area, but for the sake of the video, no one could link that to your IP address. Customs at the airport might be the ones finding it and fining you. 😉

@RustyDust101

3 жыл бұрын

Buuuuuut: if you buy the pirated stuff anywhere else, then come to Germany AND use it in your torrent to improve your torrent rating by placing it in your upload folder, then you are again distributing it, which makes you liable for a fine again, even if you didn't download it in Germany. It is not the act of DOWNLOADING something; it is the act of redistributing such a copyrighted file without a legal license for it from your IP that is illegal. What you are paying, literally, is the distribution license for the original copyright holders through GEMA, the German administration office for the collection and distribution of such copyright license fees to the artists and creators of such art (in the broadest sense of ART). The cockroaches, eeeeer, lawyers sending you the letter with the citation obviously take their (not so fair) share from that.

What about angling/fishing without licence?

@simplegermany

Жыл бұрын

Not allowed😉

Ich höre euch sehr gerne. Ich bin eine Deutsche und improve my English with you 🤗

They've trued that extortion letter stuff here in Finland as well, regarding the illegal downloads. The thing is, at least in here, that it's just extortion, pure and simple. So the law firm has the distributor as a client and they search the distributor's content, mark the IP addresses up, try to get the IP owners name from a court and if they get it, then they send letters which demand really large sums of money in the hopes of people just paying up to not end up in court. The extortion letter scheme is AT LEAST as shady as downloading stuff from the internet. And it's morally bankrupt as well, as the sums beung asked are really really big, and the evidence the lawyers alledgedly have is, let's say...not bullet proof. So it's just a legal form of extortion. Thankfully the few court cases there's been have resulted in much more modest fines, and as I understsnd it, now the courts do not hand out IP information to these extortion artists in bulk or with such shaky evidence (evidence sometimes being just an excel sheet with bunch on IP addresses). I'm not pirating, I get everything I need from legal streaming services, but I loathe those crappy lawyers who do such stuff...

@simplegermany

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your insights!

And downloading with a VPN? I only download episodes of US series that either aren't shown in Europe, or not in the original language ot it takes moths before they are shown and then I hve to deal with commercials (18 minutes in an apedode of 42 minutes)

@simplegermany

3 ай бұрын

It’s just as illegal 😉

So which Apps or Websites can we use to download movies ? Can we make you of KZread?

Walking a dog in an enviromentally protected area will even result in a 10.000€ fine

Great Vider bur wirhh 2 3 4 Glas of wine 🤔🍻

About the pirating stuff. You can buy a VPN to prevent your ISP from tracking you.

@simplegermany

2 жыл бұрын

We talk about VPNs in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/a2SepZqfocqtiZs.html

The reason why torrents are popular is because some countries are poor and people cannot afford streaming services, going to the cinema, buying an album etc. In Germany, it is absolutely normal to pay for everything because the standard of living--een for ones on minimum wage--is much higher. So while yes, in principle, I agree that paying for someone's work show support for all those who worked on the film/album, while I lived in a poor country, I had no issues with downloading content because there was no other way for me to see/hear it. I would not mess around with torrents in Germany, everyone knows that. :D

Die Freigabe der IP geht eigentlich folgendermaßen: Zunächst stellt der Abmahnanwalt eine Strafanzeige im Namen seines geschädigten Klienten. Dann verlangt er Akteneinsicht als Nebeklägeranwalt und erfährt so die IP-Adresse und die Anschrift des Schädigers. Damit stellt er dann die Schadenersatzansprüche an den Schädiger.

Washing your car is allowerd if you follow the following. The fine is also different from Bundesland to Bundesland, in Baden-Würtemberg it is between 500€ - 50.000€ in Sachsen it is between 25€ - 100.000€ Rules for washing your car at home are: - Only wash the car on sealed floors. - Do not use chemical cleaners, just plain water or environmentally friendly cleaning agents - The use of power washers to wash your car at home is prohibited. - Car washing is prohibited on Sundays in Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg

Wait, how is riding on a bus without a ticket, downloading illegal content or insulting people crazy illegal things? :D To me it's rather crazy copyright laws aren't enforced in public. Another thing is: You must not fish without a license and then are only allowed to fish in specific bodies of water.

@_Yannex

Жыл бұрын

The fish brings me to the question.. If I didn't liked the movie I've seen right know before in cinema, can I insist on getting my money back?🤔🤔

Are free streaming sites allowed in Germany? Or you will be penalized?

@simplegermany

2 жыл бұрын

It is, as long as the content is legal and if you are not torrenting at the same time. So for example watching a stream through twitch would totally be ok. We have written a detailed guide about it on our website: www.simplegermany.com/streaming-in-germany/

can we watch movies/anime online on websites like popcorntime or gogoanime?

@simplegermany

2 жыл бұрын

It depends if they are torrenting services. If they are, it’s best to stay away from those sites and purchase the content you want to watch.

@vedantnimbalkar9477

2 жыл бұрын

@@simplegermany thanks :)

1 more crazy thing: You are not allowed to kill bees and wasps, otherwise might get fined up to 60,000 euro!!!

Hey hi , I am also in thr same situation but only thing is that , last day in I took a coffee from the shop in Rossmann in Hauptbahnhof, and then I came out of the shop to get some Christmas cards and diaries for my girlfriend ( I thought to take all these and bill them together, cards and diaries were also by rossmann just outside at the corner ). Then a man in black shirt came and took hold of me and he immediately called the police , I was nervous . He told me in Germany you cannot set foot outside the shop without paying but I was trying to explain him that I was trying to get the cards and then I wanted to bill them together!!! I had 250 euros with me why would I steal 9 euros coffee???? They didn't listen , I I told am very new to Germany just 1 month here and I don't know anything. Then the police came and they took me with them to the station where they wrote a report and told me that I would receive a letter after 2 weeks where I can explain why I did this. Am very nervous, I dunno what to do. This is not my fault I never planned to steal a 9 euros coffee ..that's funny !!! I am having my first visa extension and residence permit application in February, will I face any issue ? Am really worried. I got tied in this fact in a wrong way , am not a shoplifter. I was in Rossmann in many occasions and never such things happened! Please help me someone, of some one has any suggestions. Am really worried since yesterday, will I be deported ? anyone with a sane mind can understand it was not my fault. I just set my feet outside and I was caught and hijacked , itbwas very very insulting, never in my life I have faced this !!!!

@simplegermany

Жыл бұрын

So sorry to hear about this situation you are in. We totally hear you that you didn't intend to steal anything, but also see the fact that you exited the shop with a product without paying for it directly - it really is a tricky situation. If you'd like legal advice, you can seek it via this platform: www.simplegermany.com/yourxpert-lawyer/ You can fill out the form in English and an English-speaking lawyer will get back to you. We hope the situation will be cleared soon 😊

Thank you