In the footsteps of Big Brother

Yesterday internet piracy recieved a blow to the head when the guys behind The Pirate Bay was found guilty in the swedish courtroom.

Now it seems Norway is following the trend that Sweden has created with more strict rules when it comes to piracy. 
Yesterday the Mail- and Telecommition managed to get through a plea that says that the ISP's are required to give up information about their customers ID, if a court has determined that there is strong suspicion for piracy. That means that such information can be given to a third party via the court of law.  Police have already been able to access such information, but this opens up for civil lawsuits without the involvement of police authority. Just imagine Blizzard going after individuals.

This happened during a spescific case, but there is no reason to believe this isnt one step in a larger plan. Even the Director of the commition says:

— I think its about time we make the internet a legal place, whereas we avoid anarchy, sharks and petty thiefs. (Willy Jensen, Director of the Mail and Telecommition in Norway)

Luckily this doesnt mean the stasi-supervision that our brothers to the east is experiencing, or that the ISP's will rat you out. It means that the norwegian court may get a warrant to break the confidentiality that the ISP's are legally bound to.

At the same time, the political party "Høyre" is promising to give pirates a hard time if they win the election.
To be honest Im uncertain why on earth they'd go out with such a statement? I would think that there is a whole lot more people who download then who are afraid of being downloaded, and those who dont use internet much probably wont care about such anyway. So its not exactly a great strategy to win. 

On the topic of piracy, the creators of Demigod released numbers showing that only 18 000 people connected with a bought licence, while a whooping 100 000 connected with pirated copies, causing the connectivity issues that was such a large problem during the first day.
Thats what you get for shipping it out without any sort of protection.