Thread: Europe votes on anti-piracy laws
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Old 07-10-2008, 08:16 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
All that's being proposed, as I understand the EU legislation, is that if a copyright holder can show that their material is being offered for download illegally, the ISP will be obliged to provide personal details of the "owner" of that IP address. If the person ignores repeated warnings, their internet access will be terminated. That doesn't seem unreasonable to me - it's no different from banning from driving someone who persistently commits driving offences.
So you can get someone's license removed by making 3 accusations without proof? No due process? No trial? Because that is what would happen here.
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