Swedish ISPs become copyright cops
p2pnet news | Freedom:- The entertainment cartels have notched up another victory in Sweden, which, like Britain and Ireland, is fast taking on the aspect of a tightly controlled corporation rather than a free country.
There, the courts will be able to, “force internet service providers in Sweden to give out IP-addresses used in illegal file sharing to whoever owns the rights to the material,” says The Local, going on:
“The government is now united in how to approach the issue, write Minister of Justice Beatrice Ask and Minister of Culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth in the opinion pages of newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.”
But rights holders, “must be able to prove that an internet service subscription has been used for infringement, the ministers point out,” says the story, addding:
“With the new proposal, the government is effectively rejecting an alternative proposal put forward by in a report by appeals court judge Cecilia Renfors which called for internet service providers to shut down subscribers who repeatedly downloaded films and music without permission.
The government will not move ahead with Renfors’s proposal, adds The Local.
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Also See:
Britain – ISPs leery of UK plan to ban P2P users, February 13, 2008
Ireland – Irish RIAA goes after ISPs, March 12, 2008
The Local – Sweden to clamp down on file sharing, March 14, 2008
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March 14th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Impressive how a single lobby group can subjugate governments around the world.
March 14th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Money is power and can corrupt any governement. The good news is that theses parasites are emoraging money since they started to sue their one customer and their ability to corrupt is weakening as we speak.
Beter for them because otherwise we would have to shoot them all one by one.
March 18th, 2008 at 9:44 am
The people ie the customers can beat the RIAA Cartel by not buying their overpriced music and supporting their artist indie music and artist are a better solution to this corporate controlled madness.