[lir-wg] RIPE DB abuse by BSA (of all people) ?

Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
> I would suggest that you write back and point out that an organisation
> calling themselves "Copyright Europe" should stay out of Europe until
> they understand the meanings of "Directive 95/46/EC" and "Directive
> 2000/31/EC".

They are a marketing organisation, why should they act in a legal way ?
Sarcasm intended.

> [The former is the basis of the Data Protection Act, with a
> requirement to keep personal data up to date. The latter is the
> Electronic Commerce Directive, which absolves ISPs from *all* legal
> responsibility for
> material where they act as a "mere conduit", which certainly applies
> to Gnutella, even where they are aware of it.]

In this instance, the IP range was assigned to an old consulting customer of
mine that I set-up. After moving on, I got myself removed from the contacts,
but not sure of the date. So the ISP angle doesn't apply (this time).

Peter