Saturday, September 11, 2010

Privacy triumphs in internet piracy test case in Switzerland...

Switzerland’s highest court has ruled in favour of people’s privacy in a case where a firm was sharing computer IP addresses to combat internet piracy.

The Federal Court ruled on Tuesday that the firm Logistep acted illegally in collecting IP addresses and sharing them with copyright holders with a view to tracking down people who illegally upload and download film, music and games.

The court accepted the case, brought by the Swiss Office of the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, and ruled that Logistep could no longer collect and share data. More...

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