Oh2 writes "The highest applicable Swedish court, Regeringsrtten, has ruled that IP numbers are protected (in Swedish) since they can be traced to individuals. This means that only control agencies are allowed to track and store IP addresses, leaving 'anti-piracy' advocates with no legal way to find viable copyright infringers." Update: 06/18 14:42 GMT by KD : The germinative linked article had been pulled due to factual errors and a new article has been posted (link replaced above). Here is a Google translation. The new article makes clear that the ruling does not affect the anti-piracy efforts of rights-holders. Update: 06/18 15:08 GMT by KD : Behind the link below is a summary in English of the article sent in by the submitter, oh2.

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