Jorge
July 14th, 2005, 09:07 PM
A Dutch judge ruled on Tuesday that internet service providers would not have to hand over names or addresses of customers who may be illegally swapping films, music and other copyright-protected files.
Brein, a Dutch organisation representing 52 media and entertainment companies, had acquired IP addresses - unique computer identification numbers - of file swappers and requested personal details behind these IP addresses from five large internet service providers. The service providers - Essent, KPN, Tiscali, UPC and Wanadoo - refused to hand over the details, arguing that only a criminal trial court could demand them.
The case was subsequently brought to a civil court in the city of Utrecht, where a judge ruled that although he was allowed to order the ISPs to submit the personal data, the plaintiffs had not met the necessary conditions to warrant such an order.
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Brein, a Dutch organisation representing 52 media and entertainment companies, had acquired IP addresses - unique computer identification numbers - of file swappers and requested personal details behind these IP addresses from five large internet service providers. The service providers - Essent, KPN, Tiscali, UPC and Wanadoo - refused to hand over the details, arguing that only a criminal trial court could demand them.
The case was subsequently brought to a civil court in the city of Utrecht, where a judge ruled that although he was allowed to order the ISPs to submit the personal data, the plaintiffs had not met the necessary conditions to warrant such an order.
Read the complete article (http://www.zeropaid.com/news/5557/Dutch+ISPs+can+refuse+P2P+data+demand%2C+says+judg e/)