IP Law passed in Sweden - Internet traffic drops 30%
On April 1 Sweden passed the EU directive called IPRED (Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive) into law. That same day, internet traffic dropped by 30% according The Local, an online newspaper.
The law will allow courts to order ISPs to hand over information that identify suspected illegal file sharers. The belief is that commercial infractions of intellectual property law within the EU will eventually be criminalised.
Proponents of the law are already excited because they believe the law is working - having no other explanation for the sudden drop in traffic.
On the same day that the law came into effect, five audio book publishers applied to the courts to trace a suspected file sharer. They suspect the person behind a particular IP address has been distributing copyrighted material illegally.
It will be interesting to see how this law will operate but with this level of zeal by publishers of digital material it is probably not surprising to have such a drop in traffic
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