Dutch File-sharers Beware!

[Ardor]

It seems like a Dutch organisation called Stichting Brein is planning to target sharers of popular and/or large amounts of music/movies this fall.

More info @: tweakers.net & nu.nl

BS or not, still worth noting...

[nostalgia]

http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=61272

Beat you to it, didn't I !?

[VB]

I wouldn't worry to much. BREIN is just a small organisation and doesn't have much power.

They just want to use the same Scare Tastics as the RIAA has done lately.

[jrday]

I'm scared. I'm moving to belgium

[NotoriousBIC]

They used to target the large FTP servers on campusses.
Now they're shifting to Kazaa.

Doesn't matter though, they don't have any legal rights except for requesting a Cease&Desist.

[Rocktron]

Originally posted by jrday@12 August 2003 - 19:34
I'm scared. I'm moving to belgium

Hhahahha..,

well i don't give a flying fluke!
The can't get all of us can they? fluke them!

It's all just a scare people!!! Open your eyes!

[IamCool]

no worries

[jrday]

I wasn't being serious c'mon.............. BELGIUM?!

[Ardor]

Originally posted by nostalgia@12 August 2003 - 19:23
http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=61272

Beat you to it, didn't I !? 

yeah I saw that post after I wrote mine, but then decided that mine had more info, and was thus the more usefull post

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About the original topic: I've talked to a law student (and fellow filesharer) at a Dutch University, who confirmed my fears that it is not as implausible as it sounds. Basically, 1 law stands between Brein and us, the users, and that law only has to be approved by the prime-minister, not even parliament. This may happen in months, if not weeks! Whatever way it goes, it is a good a idea to keep an eye out on whether that law gets approved or not, and take appropriate precautions.

Sorry if this causes a queezy feeling in anyone's stomach (it certainly did to me), but information is better than ignorance. On a personal note, I aggree with Paul, that it is not to serious a matter, and will certainly not be conducted on a grand scale. People should just beware of showing their shared folders, beware of sharing stuff, as advertised on slyck.com, and generally not share too much. They specifically said that they were going after sharers, not downloaders.

Oh and incidentally, on Nederland 1, the kazaa they used as an example was K++

[nostalgia]

Originally posted by Ardor+13 August 2003 - 10:32--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Ardor &#064; 13 August 2003 - 10:32)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-nostalgia@12 August 2003 - 19:23
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yeah I saw that post after I wrote mine, but then decided that mine had more info, and was thus the more usefull post

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You are absolutely right. Your post contains more ifo, ere wie ere toekomt.
And yeah I saw it to, in the example they were using K-lite