I’m not from Germany and not a lawyer so take this with a pinch of salt, but they wouldn’t be offering a settlement at such an early stage if they were confident they could successfully sue you. If it were me, I’d ignore them, and if it gets to the point I can no longer ignore them, I’d deny deny deny.
In Germany private law firms can carry out the investigation, warning letters and prosecution, maybe in the latter case with the GVU. Germany loves its citizens reporting eachother ever since the DDR days.
I’m not from Germany and not a lawyer so take this with a pinch of salt, but they wouldn’t be offering a settlement at such an early stage if they were confident they could successfully sue you. If it were me, I’d ignore them, and if it gets to the point I can no longer ignore them, I’d deny deny deny.
The situation in Germany is terrible - https://blog.raychenon.com/file-sharing-violations-in-germany/
In Germany private law firms can carry out the investigation, warning letters and prosecution, maybe in the latter case with the GVU. Germany loves its citizens reporting eachother ever since the DDR days.
My advice would be to move anywhere but Germany.