Anti-Piracy Outfit Pirates TorrentFreak
Written by Ernesto on November 19, 2007The infamous Dutch anti-piracy organization BREIN has infringed TorrentFreak’s copyright and blatantly copied a quote from one of our articles without attributing the source. TorrentFreak is thus considering legal action against these copy/paste pirates, where they may face a fine of up to $975,000 and several years in prison.
Today, BREIN published a press release (translated) full of half-truths in which they pride themselves over the recent move of SumoTorrent to Canada. In the press release they refer to TorrentFeak as a “pirate weblog”, and use a quote from an interview we did with the SumoTorrent administrator a little over a week ago. However, they do not link back to the original article, they don’t even mention TorrentFreak at all, thereby infringing on our copyright license.
Shocking indeed, who could have ever thought that these noble copyright protectors would be capable of such barbaric practices? Maybe they’ll start stealing children next?
The reason why BREIN didn’t link back to us is obvious, they don’t want the public to read a “pirate weblog” so they would find out what they’re really like. BREIN is known to threaten, intimidate and scare P2P webmasters, and they are pretty successful at it.
Like most other anti-piracy organizations, BREIN is above all a propaganda machine that effectively twists the truth to educate Internet users. They are a puppet of the MPAA and large media corporations and were recently awarded by Hollywood with an anti-piracy Oscar (translated) for its effectiveness. They even have a trophy cabinet in their offices to show off to their visitors.
Unfortunately, BREIN is not the only anti-piracy organization that infringes copyright. In February we reported that the MPAA used “Forest Blog” software without authorization. The software had been completely stripped of his name, and links back to his site, thereby violating the linkware license. The MPAA later said that they were only testing the software. Not that it makes any difference, but why should one (willingly) remove all credits to the developer if it’s only a test?
But the MPAA doesn’t only steal software, they also pirate films. For those who haven’t seen the great documentary “This Film Is Not Yet Rated“, the MPAA openly admitted that they made unauthorized copies themselves. Kirby Dick, the producer of the documentary found out that the film that he submitted for screening purposes was copied without his permission. Say what?
So who’s calling who a pirate here?
Previously: Top Pirate Reveals Warez Scene Secrets, Attracts MPAA Lawyer’s Attention
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Umm what the irony is that
alanis Morissette never once uses a correct version of irony in the song Ironic..
she knows about oposites and counterpoints and bad luck though
Gorgeous!
Suing would require TorrentFreaks owners public exposer though, which could be even more troublesome…
I don’t know if the content of TerrentFreak is perfectly legal in nl, but if is:
Do it for the rest of us
Torrentfreak’s name and adress is revealed if you search in any whois database on the web…
Beerenburgje erbij??
[quote comment="218344"]dood… dont get mad cuz of a qoute…its not like u make money from that qoute…everyone just need to chill[/quote]
Learn to fucking spell before you say anything.
Yes grab those BREINDEAD motherfuckers, like they have anything going on for them.
What Dutch product is being shared actually? NOTHING because nobody gives a damn about Dutch media and nobody wants to download it…Maybe a couple Tiesto songs (which i hate).
I hope you win TORRENTFREAK!
[quote comment="219043"]Yes grab those BREINDEAD motherfuckers, like they have anything going on for them.
What Dutch product is being shared actually? NOTHING because nobody gives a damn about Dutch media and nobody wants to download it…Maybe a couple Tiesto songs (which i hate).
I hope you win TORRENTFREAK![/quote]
Hey, I like Dutch movies! Hehe! :D
You just have to find the right tracker for them. ;)
Did any of you ever stop and think that MAYBE they did this on purpose? They steal your copyright materials just like TorrentFreak does with its torrents. Hmmmm, what are you copmplaining about again?
love this.
Keep on coming
I’m not going to complain about anything, most points are made above.
Just wanted to make a short notice on:
[quote]In the press release they refer to TorrentFeak as a “pirate weblog”[/quote]
“een weblog voor Internetpiraten”, says “a weblog for pirates”. Which is but an oppinion and not really an attack on the blog here.
One might say this blog’s targeted public are indeed pirates.
Just wanted to say that.
Sue the MOFOs! :P
[quote comment="219081"]Did any of you ever stop and think that MAYBE they did this on purpose? They steal your copyright materials just like TorrentFreak does with its torrents. Hmmmm, what are you copmplaining about again?[/quote]
TorrentFreak doesn’t host .torrent files. And even then, .torrent files aren’t illegal on itself, it’s the content related to them that MAY be illegal.
And I would not know of any other reason why TF would be illegal under dutch law.
Even if TF is unable to win a court-case about this, it’s very obvious that BREIN took a quote, and put it in a VERY subjective way according to their own needs. Though not illegal, it is dubious at the very least.
~Fransw
Some has to say this: “Lame BREINS”!
AFAIK Torrentfreak is published under the Creative Commons licence, and as they attributed the source (albeit incorrectly) they haven’t strictly don wrong. In any case, what losses can be proved as a consequence?
But it does highlight their own hypocrisy, not that this was ever in any doubt. Despite the lameness (and inaccuracy) of their cowingly inaccurate press notice, it is reassuring to know that they are reading T/F :-)
i love you torrentfreak
But you are acting like a child
@125
the fact that alanis morrissette doesnt use irony in her lyrics for the song ‘ironic’ IS THE IRONY OF THE SONG.
get it?
get them good, take them for all the money you can and pour it into the site. Take them down at their own game.
haha they’re so gay, really sad that they do this haha i hope they all get beaten up and go to a hospital for many years haha
TF wont dare sue, this is just posturing. There are no damages so what are you going to sue for?
Yeah !
Put them in jail !
How about going after em for defamation also. “Pirate” blog?
sueusueusuesuseuuseuseseu
that would be epic
[quote comment="218676"]Plagiarism does not apply here.
For starters, plagiarism is claiming the work to be your own, not simply “forgetting” to cite.
[/quote]
Actually, plagiarism can and does refer to “forgetting” to cite sources. People need to remember this especially when writing academic papers.
[quote comment="218656"]
Even more so, torrents aren’t illegal. Therefore endorsing torrents is not illegal.[/quote]
Nobody can use the “torrents aren’t illegal” statement to justify the use of torrents to acquire copyrighted works. To use one of many examples, it is illegal to send and receive marijuana and other drugs through the US Mail system. In this analogy, the marijuana (illegal) is like acquiring the copyrighted work (also illegal) and the US Mail system is akin to the torrent system.
Another example: if you are transporting illegal drugs in the trunk of a car, you are subject to the prosecution by the law. Cars are not illegal, but that does not mean you gain immunity simply because the drugs were located in a car as opposed to on your person. Any car dealership that sells its vehicles with the knowledge that they will be used to transport drugs is also subject to prosecution. By this logic, a site like Mininova is committing a crime. I wish it weren’t true but it is, and no matter how much you dislike the RIAA, it’s hard to ignore the truth of the law.
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[quote comment="218281"]You guys are such HYPOCRITES!! You don’t want to face legal actions for illegally copy/pasting movies and music, and yet, you’re pissed off over “a quote”.
You realize how RIDICULOUS that sounds?!![/quote]
I completely agree, this is moronic, Taking words from a blog is the same thing as taking digital content of any form. to sue someone for doing something that you report on, on a regular basis and have an obvious objection on the anti piracy law suits is just plane stupid. and shows that your not thinking clearly.
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