A Swedish internet service provider, Bahnhof, has begun deleting customer identification information in order to prevent it from being used as evidence against its customers under Sweden’s new legislation against copyright infringement via peer-to-peer file sharing.
A Swedish internet service provider, Bahnhof, has begun deleting customer identification information in order to prevent it from being used as evidence against its customers under Sweden’s new legislation against copyright infringement via peer-to-peer file sharing.
According to this report on ‘The Local,’ it is entirely legal for it to do so. The company’s CEO, Jon Karlung, is identified as ‘a vociferous opponent of the measures that came into force on 1 April,’ and is quoted saying that he is determined to protect the company’s clients, and that ‘It’s about the freedom to choose, and the law makes it possible to retain details. We’re not acting in breach of IPRED; we’re following the law and choosing to destroy the details.’" See http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/17/1549239&from=rss