Yeah, I know but it's the best I could come up with. I lost the link that mentioned IP addresses being copyright and the particular case it referred to. It's very specific and doesn't apply generally. If you're really interested you could chase it up with the German data protection commisioner or a German lawyer.

Anyway, that forgery thing is pretty much nailed down. That trips the UK Data Protection Act and other relevant EU directives, whatever they are. The problem is getting authorities to understand and act. Sadly, they side too often with business. Mostly because of status and phantom job losses, I reckon.