EU Parliament Backtracks On Illegal File Sharing Ban

Our Comments

This is a catch-22 problem. If governments start to disconnect file-sharers, will this infringe on their human rights? Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that people can be falsely accused of illegal filesharing either because of malicious actions (by third parties) or simply by administrative mistakes.

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