RIPA and file-sharing??

[Clive D. W. Feather]

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In article <47AAE1B1.4621.AD92EDC@davidh.spidacom.co.uk>, David Hansen 
<davidh@spidacom.co.uk> writes
>> Perhaps the line should have been drawn between name-and-address queries
>> and other ones.
>
>I don't think anyone has suggested that such queries should go to the
>courts, other than the forces of darkness putting up a straw man.

Um, Pete Mitchell was - look at the message I was replying to.

>Compulsory disclosure to victims after the event would provide a
>suitable check on "over enthusiastic" members of the Egg Marketing
>Board.

I don't disagree, though defining "after the event" might not be 
trivial. While (say) 6 months would be a suitable cutoff for the vast 
majority of cases, it won't be for all of them and it's not obvious how 
to tell - ahead of time - which ones will need longer.

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