EU Rules ISPs Can't Turn Over the Identities of File Sharers

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EU Rules ISPs Can't Turn Over the Identities of File Sharers

01-30-2008, 10:02 AM,

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EU Rules ISPs Can't Turn Over the Identities of File Sharers

Quote:In a blow to the music industry's worldwide campaign to crack down on copyright infringement, a European court has ruled that Internet service providers cannot turn over the identities of alleged file-sharers. The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg found that existing EU laws do not allow for such a forced disclosure of information that could lead to the identities of file-sharers being discovered. In the past, the music industry has used such information to file lawsuits against those it believes are swapping copyright-protected music files without authorization...

full article: http://ecommercetimes.com/story/EU-Court...61433.html

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