Friday, December 22, 2006

French Court Favors Personal Privacy Over Piracy Witchhunts

Thomas Crampton writes in The International Herald Tribune:

A French court has ruled that music companies and other copyright holders cannot conduct unrestrained Internet monitoring to find pirates.

The decision, which could leave record companies open to lawsuits in France for invasion of privacy, pits European Union-sanctioned data protection rules against aggressive tracing tactics used by the music and film industry.

More here.

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