Police Allowed To Hang Onto Seized Computers For Anti-Piracy Gro...

Courtesy Techdirt  Fri, 11/13/2009 - 07:38

We were just noting that the IFPI thinks it's going to start seizing computers directly to get evidence of unauthorized file sharing, and wondering how that would work.

At least in the UK, they may have just received some legal support. Over the summer, we wondered why an anti-piracy group in the UK was given access to and allowed to keep computers from a criminal investigation into an online service, called Surfthechannel, accused of unauthorized file sharing.

The...

Tags:

 

More related items

Norwegian Supreme Court Explores Whether Private...
TorrentFreak alerts us to an interesting case happening in Norway right now. Apparently, the most expensive movie ever produced in Norway was (shocking, I know) found on the internet soon...

IFPI: If Lawsuits Aren't Working In Denmark, We'll...
We just wrote about how the Danish anti-piracy group was dropping its lawsuits against individual file sharers after realizing that Danish law made it almost impossible for the industry to...

Texas Police to Persecute and Prosecute Blog...
Austin, Texas cops say they have had enough of commenters on blogs. They are threatening legal action. Options under discussion appear to be not only libel suits, but also criminal charges if...

HP W1907 19-inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor
With a resolution of 1440 x 900 and wide workspace, you can watch videos, edit photos, surf the net or play games with the HP W1907. Its wide aspect ratio and fast response time bring work...

NZXT ACC-NT-CRYO-S 120MM Aluminum Notebook Cooler...
CRYO LX SILVER - ALUMINUM COOLER FOR POWER NOTEBOOKS


 

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
computer-internet.marc8.com