Re: EU Official: IP Is Personal

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Florian Weimer wrote:
> If IP addresses don't identify anything, why do they collect and keep
> them?

In the US, folks are fighting the RIAA claiming that an IP address isn't
enough to identify a person.

In Europe, folks are fighting the Google claiming that an IP address is
enough to identify a person.

I guess it depends on which side of the pond you are on.