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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Police operated speed cameras are subject to routine testing to check their accuracy, and are considered reliable enough that a result from one is presumed to be correct unless proved otherwise, so the burden shifts to the accused to prove that the evidence is wrong.
There is no comparably reliable method of determining which computer was actually on the end of an IP address at some point in the past, the burden remains with the accuser to prove the case.
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Not any more it doesn't
At least with a car you would have a chance of proving your innocence if the driver in the photo looked nothing like you or the car that had your number plate was a different colour to the one you own.
Proving you didn't download something is impossible, and that is just one of the flaws in this law that would have come out if it had had proper discussion instead of just being rushed through in pursuit of a mythical £12 billion per year.