EU File Sharers Protected in Civil Cases

July 18th, 2007 By AOIFE WHITE, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- Copyright groups may not be able to demand that telecom companies hand over the names and addresses of people suspected of swapping music illegally online, a senior legal adviser to the EU's highest court said.

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