Film companies use IPRED against Swetorrents
p2pnet news view | P2P | Movies:- TeliaSonera, the largest Nordic telecoms operator, says it’ll protect customer privacy against demands for user IDs from four movie companies.
The film companies want to use the new anti-consumer, anti-P2P law IPRED to force TeliaSonera to release details about the operators of the Swetorrents file sharing website, says The Local.
Behind the move is, you guessed it, the Korporate Kopyright Klan’s Swedish anti-P2P unit Antipiratbyrån.
But so far, the company has has refused to reveal the data.
Svensk Filmindustri (SF), Pan Vision, Filmlance International and Yellow Bird are trying to utilize the new IPRED law, instituted to make it easier for copyright holders to get information about the operators of websites suspected of facilitating illegal file sharing, says the story, going on:
“The law, passed on April 1st, gives copyright holders the right to seek a court order compelling ISPs to release information that allows rights holders to identify parties behind IP-addresses which can be traced to suspected acts of copyright violation.”
Swetorrents, “makes copyright protected films available which they don’t have the right to disseminate on the internet,” The Local has Antipiratbyrån mouthpiece Björn Gregfelt telling the TT news agency.
However, “If there is an order from the court, it’s highly probable that we will appeal the decision,” this story quotes TeliaSonera’s Patrik Hiselius as saying, adding, “We’re not just going to hand over the information. It’s our duty to protect our customers’ privacy.”
This the second time a copyright holders’ outfit has tried to use IPRED for its own purposes, says The Local.
“In June, the district court in Solna, north of Stockholm, ordered broadband provider Ephone to hand over information to five book publishers about a server from which audio books were made available for download on the internet,” it says states, adding Ephone has appealed the ruling.
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The Local – Film makers tackle ISP over pirated movie files, August 3, 2009
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August 4th, 2009 at 9:37 am
I’ll be sure to share more. I encourage everyone else to do the same
August 4th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
! We must keep the sharing flowing to END this “witch hunt” of our time !
Educate the people, silence the anti-”piracy” cartells, abolish absurd corporate revenues, stop citizen arrasement and abuse.
August 4th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
File sharing FTW!