In remarks published on Friday, the Swedish government said that Sweden should require Internet service providers to hand over information identifying people involved in illegal file sharing. The government plans to present a proposal on implementing this policy within the next few month.
Sweden has previously been seen as haven for file sharers, with several members of parliament going so far as to call for decriminalizing file sharing. That all changed when Swedish prosecutors filed charges against four people suspected of running Sweden-based Pirate Bay, one of the world’s most popular websites for illegal downloading of films, music and computer games.