Copyright v Privacy: compare and contrast
From AFP:
The protection of authors’ rights “cannot … affect the requirements of the protection of personal data,” the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice (ECJ) said in its ruling.
European copyright laws “do not require the (EU) member states to lay down, in order to ensure effective protection of copyright, an obligation to communicate personal data in the context of civil proceedings,” the court said.
From Straits Times:
The right to privacy is no shield for those who commit online piracy, the High Court ruled on Tuesday.
In an oral judgement, Justice Woo Bih Li ordered PacNet to reveal the identities of alleged anime downloaders to six studios producing the animated Japanese cartoons.
Compare and contrast.
EU court supports privacy of music downloaders – Yahoo! News
PacNet ordered to give downloaders names to anime studios
food for thought indeed… the differences between people centric and business centric governments…
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