[Upd-discuss] french software industry authorized to monitor P2P

[Jean-Baptiste Soufron]

FRENCH SOFTWARE INDUSTRY AUTHORIZED
TO TRACK AND MONITOR P2P DOWNLOADERS

The CNIL, the French Data Protection Authority decided to allow =20
Software Industrials to track and monitor file exchanges on P2P =20
networks. Regardless the Data Protection Act of 1978, Software =20
Industrials are now allowed to send "prevention" messages, and collect =20=

IPs of people "severely" infringing their copyright.

The =91Association Des Audionautes=92 (ADA) is opposed to the decision =
of =20
the CNIL and we want to point out that the 2002 report of the CNIL =20
mentioned that even the databases created by the French Department of =20=

Justice contained more than 25% of errors and omissions. What will it =20=

be like under the direction of industrials who are not even Police =20
Officers?

We also express our worries that there will be no control for the =20
"prevention" messages sent by the industrials to P2P users. Nothing =20
will assure that theses messages will be legally valid and reflect =20
reality.

Also, the ADA is impressed that industrials will be allowed to track =20
and monitor P2P users without any warranty for citizens.

The decision is immediately applicable but the ADA is looking forward a =20=

possible appeal to the French Supreme Administrative Court.

More information:

ADA:http://www.audionautes.net/cd_ada_12_04_05.pdf(in French)

CNIL:http://www.cnil.fr/index.php?=20
id=3D1801&news[uid]=3D254&cHash=3D6a705d2d30(in French)

SELL:http://www.sell.fr/index.php3?action=3Dpage&id_art=3D78620(in =
French)

www.audionautes.net
Audionautes.net, la g=E9n=E9ration num=E9rique


Cordialement,

Jean-Baptiste Soufron, Doctorant
CERSA - CNRS, Paris 2
http://soufron.free.fr