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news.bbc.co.uk - 4/3/2009

BBC NEWS | Technology | Piracy law cuts internet traffic

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Gottfrid Svartholm Varg, partially obscured, and Peter Sunde

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TweakTown's News RSS Feed:  Sweden Introduces New Anti-Piracy Law

Maximum PC:  One Day After New Anti-Piracy Law, Internet Traffic in Sweden Falls by a Third

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torrentfreak.com - 4/3/2009

Anti-Piracy Law Causes Drop in Swedish Internet Traffic

— torrentfreak.com — The controversial Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) has gathered opposition from various sides, most notably half of the Swedsih public. In a response to the new law The Pirate Bay introduced their anonymity service IPREDATOR ... (more) Anti-Piracy Law Causes Drop in Swedish Internet Traffic

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Sweden Introduces New Anti-Piracy Law
TweakTown's News RSS Feed — Just a day after introducing a new anti-piracy law, Sweeden's total internet traffic is down 33% reports BBC News. The new law is based on the European Union's Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Direction (IPRED). Under the new law, copyright holders obtain a court order forcing ISPs to fork over IP addresses that are sharing copyrighted materials. According to Christian Engstrom, vice-chariment of the Swedish Pirate Party, the initial traffic drop was expected. "One of the reasons is that it takes people a few weeks to figure out how to change their security settings so ...

One Day After New Anti-Piracy Law, Internet Traffic in Sweden Falls by a Third
Maximum PC — ... Sweden recently enforced a new anti-piracy policy that lets copyright holders quickly acquire the identity of major pirates and prosecute them directly through the courts, without any police intervention at all – and a many took notice. ...