Originally posted by duotiga83:
[b]SingNet: We did not 'consent' to Odex
SINGNET has clarified that it did not 'consent' to demands by Odex
to hand over details about subscribers allegedly downloading
pirated Japanese cartoons, called anime.
The Internet service provider (ISP), which is being slammed online
for its apparent capitulation in the controversial case, says in no
way did it help Odex's application.
SingNet spokesman Chia Boon Chong said, 'We reject all requests
from third parties for information pertaining to our customers. We
will release such information only under a court order or if the
law enforcement and regulatory agencies demand such information
from us.'
In Odex's case, as it does in all such cases, he said, the firm
would 'entrust the courts to apply the law and make a
ruling'.
The Telecommunications Competition Code prohibits ISPs from
disclosing subscriber information without a court order, and a
spokesman for the Infocomm Development Authority said SingNet had
not breached the code.
Odex won court orders earlier this year to get SingNet and StarHub
to disclose names of subscribers allegedly downloading anime.
When Odex failed to obtain a similar order against Pacific Internet
(PacNet) last Thursday, people began wondering why.
Online attacks against SingNet intensified after District Judge
Ernest Lau published in his written judgement that 'for the SingNet
case, the orders were made by consent'. He also said that SingNet
did not even appear in court. Different judges had ruled in all
three cases.
Many people, including corporate counsel and Nominated Member of
Parliament Siew Kum Hong, interpreted this to mean that SingNet had
agreed to Odex's application, thus expediting it.
Online users thus felt SingNet had betrayed them, and this probably
fuelled the online outrage against the ISP, said Mr Siew, who
maintains a well-read blog.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/STIStory_152613.html[/b]
According to your link, it's an incomplete article.. have to
wait for wednesday's printed straits times to read full article..
i'll see if i'm free to type out from the newspaper tmrw..
however, from what is already up there, is singnet stupid or wad?
"(SingNet) said, the firm would 'entrust the courts to apply the
law and make a ruling'."
the courts have to decide base on arguments from both affected
parties right? in this case is Odex vs SingNet.. WTH la how can
singnet say they leave it to the courts to decide..
its like a boy called xedo go complain to the court that a small
girl stole his sweet and want the court to order her to give him
$10 for stealing the sweet. then the girl just cry and keep quiet -
even though she didn't steal it. of cos the judge will pass the
wrong judgement since the girl didn't even argue the case
right?!
STUPID SINGNET!
