Could it be argued that someone participating in a peer-to-peer file sharing system is also donating their services? Thus, those in Germany who would retain their data in order to make a case against copyright infringers would be breaking German law. Any thoughts?
________________________________ From: Sven Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 10:25:08 AM Subject: No data retention in germany for donated services Hi, Karsten N. just sent to the German exitnodes list a link to an article, which is very convincing and legally well-founded (see below). It explains that any service that is being donated to the public, that is, without taking money or any other return service (like advertisements) for it, is _not_ obliged to retain any connection data! Furthermore, since there is no gray area, who isn't obliged to retain data is not _allowed_ to retain data, and can be charged with a fee up to 10.000 EUR for doing so! Since Tor is without doubts such a donated service, this turns the tables, and it is clearly a risk for a Tor operator in Germany to retain any data. (You would have to proof that you're financing your Tor node by a return service of the users and therefore are obliged to retain connection data. ;-) ) Thanks for that link, Karsten! Best regards, Sven Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail: > Von: "Karsten N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Datum: 24. November 2008 10:26:02 MEZ > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: keine VDS für unentgeltliche Dienste > > Hallo Tor-Admin, > > bei datenspeicherung.de gibt es einen interessanten Aufsatz zu > Speicherpflichten aus §113a TKG (VDS). > > http://www.daten-speicherung.de/index.php/keine-vorratsdatenspeicherung-fuer-unentgeltliche-dienste/ > > Demnach dürfen Tor-Nodes (ausdrücklich erwähnt!) *keine* Daten speichern. > > Karsten N. >
