BBC NEWS | Technology | Europe rejects anti-piracy plans

European MEP's have rejected government plans to ban persistant file shares from internet access!

This law was going to really be a headache for any Europeans who download a lot of boxing, movies, games and music via bittorrent and P2P.

They wanted to force ISP's to monitor usage and band users who who were filsharing

Thankfully they narrowly lost out in the vote so we can carry on with our digital thefts in relative comfort for now