Prosecutors in a German state have announced they will refuse to entertain the majority of file-sharing lawsuits in future.

It appears that only commercial-scale copyright infringers will be pursued, with those sharing under 3000 music tracks and 200 movies dropping under the prosecution radar.

During the last few years the legal climate in Germany has become more and more weighted against file-sharers, with hundreds of thousands receiving threats of legal action.

Based on information gathered by anti-p2p tracking outfits,...