It’s been a while since we haven’t heard of Newzbin and the industry’s struggle to block access to this portal. Of course, we remember how the Kingdom’s ISP BT was forced by court order to block access to the file-sharing portal “thanks” to the MPA’s decision to file suit – representing giants like Warner Bros, Fox, Disney and Paramount Pictures.
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Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN has won its landmark court case against News-Service.com, one of the leading Usenet providers. The Amsterdam court ruled that the Usenet provider, which offers its network to Binverse and Usenext among others, has to delete all infringing content from its servers. This decision is similar to the one that effectively shut down the BitTorrent site Mininova, and it could mean the end of one of the leading providers of Usenet access.
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Earlier this month we reported about the legal battle between MPA and UK internet service provider BT launched by the former’s demand for BT to block access to the file-sharing site Newzbin2.
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Consumers who illegally download copyrighted films, music or television shows might see their Internet speed slowed or access restricted under an industry anti-piracy effort announced on Thursday.
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In a case that very well may test the limits of the DMCA's (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) safe harbor provision for ISPs, adult entertainment producer Perfect 10 has filed a copyright complaint against Giganews (and 100 John Does) for $25 million. ...

Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN has been subjected to a major DDoS attack which has taken its website offline. The Hollywood-backed group has been making a number of enemies with its actions in The Netherlands so the range of culprits is quite large. Nevertheless, BREIN chief Tim Kuik says he thinks he knows who is behind it.
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