Source : ZDNetYesterday, the State Council announced that the CNIL administration could not prevent the use of tracking systems to identify pirates on P2P networks. The story is a bit complicated for non-French readers, so I will try to give some background. Since 2005, the CNIL (National commission for preserving human rights in the IT world) refused to let Music Majors and other Artist and copyright ownerÂ’s representatives and associations to force ISP to install tracking systems to identify users sharing illegal copies of music tracks via the net, and mostly targeting PEP networks. The CNIL was claiming that such tracking systems were not secured enough to prevent their use for any further purpose, while it could also breach into human rights. Music Majors and other associations were asking the State Council to study the legal aspect of this conflict. Yesterday's decision simply force both sides to start negotiating about a way to avoid
