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Originally Posted by hrosvit
You are correct. And another thought; let's see the RIAA/MPIAA sue a couple ISPs based on IP logs. Then let's see how the ISPs drastically alter their practice of maintaining IP logs. After all, they're not obligated to maintain them for any specific time. They are hardly going to keep records (that they don't have to) which help the RIAA/MPIAA sue them. And then, once the ISPs start dumping logs after 48 hours, let's see how the police are basically unable to investigate any kind of crime related to the internet.
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I'm a little surprised to hear that there's no legal requirement for ISPs to keep records as there is (isn't there?) for telephone companies. One might imagine that ISP's records could be useful for all sorts of criminal investigations.
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think (but I'm open to correction if I'm wrong) that UK ISP's are required to keep records for a certain period of time - the figure of 6 months rings a bell.