RIPA and file-sharing??

[Richard Clayton]

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In article <47A22C9F.5000700@ernest.net>, Nicholas Bohm
<nbohm@ernest.net> writes

>Peter Fairbrother wrote:

>> Hmmm - any idea how this relates to the recent EU Courts of Justice ruling?
>
>Beyond my ken.  I didn't think the ECJ had decided that member states
>couldn't confer such a power, and if so then no change.

The ECJ said that it was acceptable for Spain to prevent access to the
data in civil cases -- but it's also OK for the UK to permit access...

        http://www.out-law.com/page-8839

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richard                                              Richard Clayton

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