[pp.int.general] urgent: data retention and downloading

[Rick Falkvinge (Piratpartiet)]

Link to Google's translation (not perfect, but reasonably understandable):
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.frendo.se%2Fifpi080320.html&sl=sv&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8


Rick Falkvinge (Piratpartiet) wrote:
> The best data for a response, I believe, would come from IFPI Sweden's 
> response to the Swedish Justice Department about the Swedish 
> implementation proposal on the Data Retention Directive.
>
> Highlights:
>
> ...an implementation of this directive constitutes an important 
> foundation and prerequisite for IFPI's further work in taking action 
> against those who infringe on our rightsholders' rights on the Internet...
>
> ...IFPI considers it important that the implementation... is done in 
> such a way that copyright holders are given access to... traffic data...
>
> ...If technical innovation would make it possible to circumvent data 
> retention or make it impossible, this would potentially cause great 
> harm to copyright holders. ...
>
> ...It shall be possible for law enforcement and for rightsholders to 
> act judicially against a party that infringes on rights, even when 
> this happens on the Internet... (/remember now, the context is a data 
> retention directive comment/)
>
> ...To fight illegal activity on the Internet, through criminal and 
> civil sanctions, it is therefore a necessity that some traffic data be 
> retained. In the case of a too restrictive regulation of data 
> retention, there is a real risk of a situation where where numerous 
> illegal acts cannot be mitigated.
>
> See http://www.frendo.se/ifpi080320.html. Google can translate the 
> rest of the text. My translations are from my printout of the PDF 
> (with lots of red markings on it).
>
> Rick
>
>
> Reinier Bakels wrote:
>> NL parliament will vote next week about the Dutch law implementing 
>> the Data Retention Directive. Government proposes 24 months, the 
>> supporters of 6 and 24 months are roughly in balance. Many 
>> commentaries in newspapers.
>>  
>> None refers to a link with copyright enforcement. I know Erik 
>> Josefsson noticed a long time ago that there is probably a link 
>> between IPRED2 (thats makes copyright infringement "severe crimes") 
>> and Data Retention, that is about collecting data for the prosecution 
>> of "severe crimes" only.
>>  
>> Could we claim convincingly that "Data Retention" only pays lip 
>> service to terrorism and (other) criminality, but actually is just 
>> another of the many measures covertly proposed by desparate record 
>> companies to turn the Internet into a police state for the purpose of 
>> winning a war against file sharers - that is already almost lost?
>>  
>> This is urgent - if true, I will send a reaction to the newspapers.
>>  
>> reinier
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