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Summary: Under the banner of anti-porn: Egypts boldest move to filter the internet, UK violates broadband user privacy, Wikipedias rules are bent.

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Egypt has moved to enforce broad internet censorship, Wikipedia has another embarrassing edit war and a UK broadband provider is ordered to turn over alleged downloaders and more.

UK pornographer exposes privacy of broadband downloaders

A UK ISP - behemoth providor O2 - has been forced by the courts to hand over the details of over 9,000 alleged downloaders.

The people suspected of downloading porn files produced by Ben Dover / Golden Eye Productions have stood accused of illegally downloading its films and now their priviate digital footprints (and names and addresses) have been given to Dover.

Golden Eye (acting on behalf of 13 porn companies) originally demanded the details of those it suspected of using peer-to-peer networks to illegally download the copyrighted content.

It also had a draft warning letter set to send, demanding 700 ($1,120) from each and every alleged downloader. If all of those accused paid the settlement fee, it would amount to 6.3 million ($10m).

This all rings similar to the failed American porn file-sharing mass lawsuits - except unlike the UK, US defendants had strong advocates fighting to safeguard their privacy, and their innocence.

Reference for US cases: Every Inch Counts: Porn Filesharing Lawsuits Crest 30K Defendants

The rest is here:
Sex Tech: Egyptian Porn Censorship, UK Filesharing Travesty, Wikipedia Sex Wars