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bishbosh · 12-04-2008, 23:39

Now I'm confused. If the french are implementing snooping for illicit file sharers - how does that impact on the PEC?

Also quote about filesharing in the uk from

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7059881.stm

The Internet Service Providers Association has always maintained that it cannot be held responsible for illegal peer-to-peer traffic because it is "merely a conduit" of such material.

"ISPA does not support abuses of copyright and intellectual property theft," said an ISPA spokesman.

He said: "However, ISPs cannot monitor or record the type of information passed over their network. ISPs are no more able to inspect and filter every single packet passing across their network than the Post Office is able to open every envelope."

"ISPs deal with many more packets of data each day than postal services and data protection legislation actually prevents ISPs from looking at the content of the packets sent," he added.

12-04-2008, 23:39	#3048
bishbosh Inactive Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] Now I'm confused. If the french are implementing snooping for illicit file sharers - how does that impact on the PEC? Also quote about filesharing in the uk from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7059881.stm The Internet Service Providers Association has always maintained that it cannot be held responsible for illegal peer-to-peer traffic because it is "merely a conduit" of such material. "ISPA does not support abuses of copyright and intellectual property theft," said an ISPA spokesman. He said: "However, ISPs cannot monitor or record the type of information passed over their network. ISPs are no more able to inspect and filter every single packet passing across their network than the Post Office is able to open every envelope." "ISPs deal with many more packets of data each day than postal services and data protection legislation actually prevents ISPs from looking at the content of the packets sent," he added.