Sweden ‘Hunt file sharers down’ law
p2pnet news view | Freedom:- The corporate movie and music industries are close to having a self-serving Draconian law adopted in Sweden.
It’ll make it, “easier to hunt individuals suspected of illegal filesharing over the internet,” says The Local.
The country’s Council on Legislation (Lagrådet) has given tacit approval to an entertainment cartel inspired law, “set to go into effect in April 2009,” says the story, going on:
“The government wants to give copyright holders, such as film and music companies, the ability to request information from internet service providers about individual users tied to IP addresses through which copyrighted material has been downloaded.
“Although the proposed law is based on an EU directive, the Council on Legislation says in its consultation statement that Sweden’s draft regulation goes further than required by the directive.”
Copyright holders would be able to demand a court order for the release of information about certain IP addresses, “if there is probable cause that someone has broken copyright laws,” says The Local adding:
“The EU directive, however, only says that people should have the right to access information in connection with a trial.”
The Local – Sweden one step closer to anti-filesharing law, October 23, 2008
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October 24th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
IPs are personal information under EU law are they not?
I hope bullying ISPs is also against the law in sweden