Police in London have written to the operators of two websites it alleges are profiting by breaking copyright laws.
The City of London Police, working with the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, targeted the sites for sharing links to music, movies and games without permission from the copyright holders. They have until June 14 to contact police or risk facing further actions.
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How on earth can the British police have any jurisdiction over a company located in another country ?? Thats absolutely ridiculous.
Its bit like the australian federation against copyright theft taking my ISP all the way to the High Court of Australia and the judges decided that the ISP is not responsible for the content that its subscribers download. They are only providing the connection to the internet .. which is the way it should be.
Look at this another way .. would you sue BT the telephone line provider because I was making obscene phone calls ..of course you wouldnt. BT are not responsible and ISPs are exactly the same. Good on the Aussie legal system
