The legislative responses to internet file sharing in Europe have taken a number of different forms with varying degrees of success. As in France and Denmark, intellectual property rights owners in Germany can legally request the names and addresses of internet users suspected of infringing copyright rights from internet service providers (ISPs). However, at odds with practices elsewhere in Europe, in May 2010 the German Supreme Court ruled that it is the owner of a internet connection must ensure that connected computers are not used to infringe copyright. Therefore prosecution no longer relies on proving who has committed the offence (for example, in a household where more than one person use the internet), just that the registered IP address was used to download the file. It is understood that following the May 2010 ruling, a number independent film companies have employed German law firms to claim hefty fines from suspected pirates. To date Hollywood studios are yet to use this approach to recoup losses from internet piracy in Germany.