UK ISP forced to identify users suspected of downloading porn [Update]

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While Egypt is preparing to impose a nationwide ban on internet pornography, access to such spicy material remains very much alive and well in many other parts of the world, including in the United Kingdom, where some web users have apparently been very, very bad boys and girls, by downloading such content illegally.

The Telegraph reports that a High Court judge today ordered internet service provider O2 Broadband, part of the Telefónica empire, to provide personal details of over 9,000 of its customers to Ben Dover Productions and Golden Eye International, which are jointly pursuing claims of copyright infringement against users who they believe have unlawfully obtained their content. O2 had previously contested the petition to identify its customers, but the High Court ruling means that it must now deliver customer details for 9,124 IP addresses, identified by Ben Dover Productions as having illegally downloaded its content.

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I think that if they were doing something wrong the ISP has the right to see if they were doing to give it to the court.
 
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