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Report: Swedish File-Sharing Down in Wake of P2P Law

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 15, 2009 - 7:41am.
Stockholm, Sweden - The conviction of the operators of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, paired with a newly enacted law aimed at prosecuting suspected illegal file-swappers has pushed the level of file-sharing down by 40 to 50% in Sweden, the local Dagens Nyheter reported.
tags: Law | Policy | P2P | Music | Sweden | Copyright | Retail | IFPI | The Pirate Bay | Netnod | IPRED |

Sweden Sees Web Traffic Drop in Wake of Anti-Piracy Law

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 2, 2009 - 11:37am.
Los Angeles - A day after the country enacted a new anti-piracy law, Internet traffic fell as much as 30% in Sweden, home to the file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, according to published reports. The IPRED law will enable copyright holders to ask courts to compel ISPs to identify suspected illicit file-swappers. Netnod, a firm that monitors Internet traffic in Sweden, reported the 30% drop in overall Web traffic in the country.
tags: Law | Policy | P2P | Sweden | Copyright | The Pirate Bay | Netnod | IPRED | Antipiratbyran |