Posted in Music & Music Players on May 29th, 2010 by admin
Sweden’s filesharing laws have been the subject of international interest lately. From being a safe haven for all sorts of filesharing ventures, to being one of the most highly regulated countries on the planet. Think of the rise and fall of The Pirate Bay as one example of this trend.
The fall of The Pirate Bay – and many others – and the decrease in interest in filesharing all come down to one law passed in April last year. The Ipred law says that copyright holders can demand that ISPs give to them the personal details of people downloading their material. Understandably ISPs are reluctant to take a part in this breach of privacy and trust towards their customers.
Particularly reluctant, it seems, is telecoms giant TeliaSonera. The company has just announced its intention to challenge in the Swedish supreme court the decision to hand over these details to one claimant. The company’s lawyers are keen to point out that judges across the country are having difficult reconciling the aims of the Ipred law with the basic principles of privacy and data protection. It believes this ambiguity in the law will give it a good chance of victory.