Thursday, November 24, 2011

Court holds European ISPs can't be forced to filter traffic, users free to fly the jolly roger

Court holds European ISPs can't be forced to filter traffic, users free to fly the jolly roger

It's been a sliver under a month since UK ISP British Telecom was ordered to cut all ties to filesharing site Newzbin 2. Now, a European court decision deals a counter blow to media owners by denying their demands to hustle ISPs into tracking freeloading downloaders. Specifically, the court held that it was illegal to force an ISP to install and maintain a system filtering all of its traffic as it could infringe customer privacy rights.

Engadget, Court holds European ISPs can't be forced to filter traffic, users free to fly the jolly roger

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