When rights clash online: The tracking of p2p copyright infringements vs. the EC personal data directive

International Journal of Law and Information Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-296

  Vincents, Okechukwu Benjamin ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 62549118654     PISSN: 09670769     EISSN: 14643693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijlit/eam007     Document Type: Article

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19. Ibid.
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31. Ibid, Article 2.
32. Ibid, Article 7.
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