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  <dt>Why is the case in Germany?</dt>

  <dd>Copyright infringement claims can be brought anywhere that distribution

  of the copyrighted works occur.  VMware distributes ESXi throughout the

  world, but Germany is close to Christoph's home and his lawyer was