BT deletes data requested by Ministry of Sound
November 4, 2010
The Ministry of Sound will abandon its attempts to target thousands of alleged music thieves after BT deleted the majority of the data the record label was seeking.
Solicitors for the Ministry of Sound were trying to force the ISP firm to release information on subscribers based on IP addresses in order to identify music sharers. The solicitors then planned to contact the users and offer a plea deal in lieu of court proceedings.
However, BT delayed handing the information over demanding to know the details of how user data would be stored and used. During the delays, BT reportedly deleted 80 per cent of the information the solicitors were seeking. According to the Ministry of Sound, BT deleted 20,000 of the 25,000 files that had been requested.
BT maintains that it was simply complying with UK data retention policy. A spokesperson for the ISP said that the Ministry of Sound was well aware that BT had preserved as much of the requested data as possible; however, whatever was not preserved was too old to be kept under UK data retention laws.
In spite of the seemingly major setback, Ministry of Sound says it will continue to pursue other legal avenues to bring uploaders to illegal file sharing networks to justice. CEO for the music label, Lohan Presencer said that the firm’s solicitors would continue to prepare applications for data from all ISPs.
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