Copyright holders lose IPRED case

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A landmark Swedish file sharing ruling that forced ISP ePhone to reveal a net user’s identity to five publishers has been overturned. Sweden’s new Ipred law gives copyright holders the ability to demand ISPs reveal details of users who share files. “The case, which ePhone initially lost in June in Solna District Court, is significant because it is the first to go to trial since the passage of a law designed to crack down on internet piracy in Sweden,” says The Local , continuing: “The law, which is based on the EU’s Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED), came into force on April 1st and says that internet providers can be forced by a court order to provide data about customers targeted in copyright infringement investigations.” Says Stockholm News It was in June that the District Court of Solna ruled that the ISP Ephone should hand over information to five book publishers about who was behind a server where 27 audio books is said to be available for illegal downloading.