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by dermatthias 5478 days ago
Same thing happend to a german professor in 2008, where they also accidentialy swapped IP numbers. The accusation was child pornography, the news got hold of it and, of course, his reputation was deeply damaged.

Original german article: http://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Unschuldig-unter-Verdacht-291...

and translation: http://translate.google.de/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl...