Why are cyberlockers suddenly such a problem?

Courtesy guardian.co.uk Technology  Fri, 11/20/2009 - 06:39

Companies offering online storage know that they can be used to store illicit files.

But they don't need extra powers to root them out.

The first question is simply: why? What's wrong with the existing copyright laws, and the powers that they offer, that Lord Mandelson think they need tweaking so that anyone can be given powers to hunt down someone thought to be infringing copyright, and new powers have to be given so that certain acts...


 

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