Anti piracy group BREIN intensifies their fight against illegal filesharing
Dutch anti-piracy foundation BREIN is adopting a more aggressive strategy in fighting piracy. After several court cases to demand ISPs to block The Pirate Bay, BREIN is now also asking for a ban on The Pirate Bay's new IP address. Furthermore, BREIN sued an individual uploader of presumed illegal content, this week.
Armed with a court order, BREIN commanded Dutch ISPs to block the IP addresses of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay. Thereafter, The Pirate Bay took a new IP address. Now, BREIN orders the ISPs to block this new IP address as well. In the case against ISPs Ziggo and XS4ALL, the court ruled that BREIN is allowed to expand the block list with new IP addresses. Therefore, these providers must meet BREIN's request. For KPN, UPC, T-mobile and Tele2, BREIN has no authorisation to expand the block list. Those ISPs refuse to block The Pirate Bay's new IP address without a court order. Yesterday, Tele2 added extra fuel to the legal battle against BREIN, by announcing they will appeal the first court order to block TPB.
Meanwhile, BREIN traced a man who uploaded 4900 e-books and ten seasons of a television series and informed the police. The police started an investigation and obtained a confession from the man. He faces a €195.000 fine or six months of imprisonment. If the Public Prosecutions Department decides not to prosecute the man, BREIN wants to start a civil procedure against him. Earlier this year, BREIN stated that it planned to sue individual uploaders when the Dutch government wouldn't modify legislation to make downloading from clandestine sources illegal. Apparently, BREIN has made its first step now.
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Source: Webwereld
By: Marjolein van der Heide
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