EC to monitor anti-piracy trial

[Tech News]

The European Commission agrees to monitor Virgin Media's trial of anti-piracy software after a complaint from privacy activists.
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[TheForge]

"Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) intercepting communications is a criminal offence regardless of what you do with the data,"

Well thats pretty black and white.

Do they not understand that invading everyones privacy is not the right approach, it will result in the P2P networks becomming encrypted, then what?

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