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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
The law changes one important aspect of it — they no longer need any evidence. The accusation alone is enough to start the punishment process.
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An IP address is
prima facie evidence. Not perhaps definitive proof, but evidence, none the less. And it's exactly the same evidence that, under previous legislation, a rights-holder could have gone to court with to request a court order for the ISP to release personal information about the account holder. Indeed, that's still what has to happen if the rights-holder wishes to instigate legal procedings against the alleged offender.
Despite your protestations, nothing has changed here, in terms of the standard of proof. There is still an assumption of innocence, and a rights-holder still has to go to court, and present evidence of wrong-doing to that court, before any "punishment" will take place.