[privacy] French Court Favors Personal Privacy Over Piracy Witchhunts

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The International Herald Tribune.

[snip]

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.

[snip]

More:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/21/business/privacy.php

- - ferg

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