Arstechnica reports on the data rentention directive

So, who might be interested in all that data that's going to be collected? Well, our friend from the music and movie industry of course! Here is a quote of that theory:

If you were wondering who wanted to widen the scope of a measure that tracks internet usage, there's your answer. Our old friends in the entertainment industry such as Disney, EMI, Universal Music and Sony BMG formed something called the Creative and Media Business Alliance (CMBA for short) and started lobbying for better access to customer records. They need to protect their intellectual property against the dire threat of piracy, you know.

It certainly wouldn't surprise me if that would be one of the things it would be used for in a couple of years.