More on The Pirate Bay Conviction

, delicious – July 21, 2009 § 0

Out of 8 largest political parties in Sweden, 7 of their youth wings support the decriminalization of filesharing and are sympathetic to the PB. | TeliaSonera, a major broadband provider is refusing to block access to TPB (where business continues as normal), a position shared by Bahnhof, Bredbandsbolaget and Com Hem. Explaining their position Bahnhof CEO Jon Karlung said, “We will not censor sites for our customers, it’s not our job. Anything that violates the principle of a free and open internet, I think, is bad.” In addition two ISPs have stated that they will not comply with IPRED provisions requiring operators to hand over information linking users to IP addresses for use in copyright infringement investigations. All Tele and Bahnhof have said that the requirements imposed by IPRED are at variance with their obligations under Data Protection legislation and that they will comply with the latter rather the former. Bahnhof has said that they simply do not keep such information.

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