[governance] ISP liability - a critical IG issue

[Roland Perry]

In message <48735D53.2000100 at googlemail.com>, at 09:28:03 on Tue, 8 Jul 
2008, Daniel Oppermann <dan.oppermann at gmail.com> writes
>European politicians have voted in favour of amendments to telecoms law 
>which campaigners say could be used to curb privacy online and 
>file-sharing.
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7495085.stm

Frankly, there's such a big disconnect between the various claims here 
that we should take a step back and wait for the dust to settle.

How can the same measure be intended to enhance emergency service access 
to caller location data *and* also implement a "three strikes" rule?

All I can guess at this stage (understandably I haven't had time to read 
all the 1000+ individual amendments, nor do I yet know which ones passed 
and which didn't) is that being able to locate mobile Internet users 
makes it easier to send them a "cease and desist" letter (assuming the 
private sector gets access to the same data as the emergency services)? 
Or have I got the wrong end of the wrong stick?
-- 
Roland Perry
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