Dutch File-sharers Beware!
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: Ardor
It seems like a Dutch organisation called Stichting Brein (http://www.anti-piracy.nl/) is planning to target sharers of popular and/or large amounts of music/movies this fall.
More info @: tweakers.net (http://achelois.tweakers.net/nieuws/28262) & nu.nl (http://nu.nl/news.jsp?n=188732&c=54)
BS or not, still worth noting...
Posted by: nostalgia
http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=61272
Beat you to it, didn't I !? :D
Posted by: Paul
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.
Posted by: jrday
I'm scared. I'm moving to belgium
Posted by: 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.
Posted by: 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!
Posted by: IamCool
no worries ;)
Posted by: jrday
I wasn't being serious :huh: c'mon.............. BELGIUM?!
Posted by: 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 !? :D
yeah I saw that post after I wrote mine, but then decided that mine had more info, and was thus the more usefull post :P
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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 (http://www.cbpweb.nl/documenten/adv_z2000-0478.htm) 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 (http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=215), 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++ :lol:
Posted by: nostalgia
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http://www.klboard.ath.cx/index.php?showtopic=61272
Beat you to it, didn't I !?* :D
yeah I saw that post after I wrote mine, but then decided that mine had more info, and was thus the more usefull post :P
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You are absolutely right. Your post contains more ifo, ere wie ere toekomt. :lol:
And yeah I saw it to, in the example they were using K-lite
Posted by: internet.news
If any of you get who read this got caught and need someone
to get the feeling not to be alone :) I am there :) I will help you as far as I can :)
We have to hold together also to all people who get sued :)
That is what I want to offer: Someone you can talk to if you feel lonely after being caught :)
thanks anyway, david.