[ EEPI-Discuss ] Lycos Germany ceases logging of IP address data

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/20/lycos_ip_address/

Lycos Germany bins IP address data
By Jan Libbenga (libbenga at yahoo.com)
Published Friday 20th May 2005 11:10 GMT

Lycos DSL in Germany says it will no longer store dynamic IP
addresses of its customers, now that a specialist on data privacy
laws from Frankfurt University has threatened to sue.

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A decision by German ISPs not to keep logs on IP addresses would be
extremely controversial as the entertainment industry is
increasingly demanding from ISPs to disclose the names of suspected
file sharers. Courts in both Germany
(http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/17/hamburg_isp_ruling/) and
Canada
(http://www.corante.com/copyfight/archives/2005/05/19/candian_appeals_court_denies_p2p_subpoenas.php)
have recently denied the entertainment industry the right to
subpoena the identities of file-sharers. Of course, as most
broadband providers use fixed IP addresses for their customers, an
audit trail would still be able to reveal their identity.  

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