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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Yeah, all i gotta say is give them a taste of their own medicine.
But I think it’s the lawyers who are winning the most right now guys. . .
[quote comment="219628"][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.[/quote]
Very entertaining.. “truth of the law” - that’s a classic.
Anyway, your point is that we should take down the entire postal infrastructure and while we are at it, sue the hell out of car manufacturer just because we can prove the crimes are being commitment.
How about the firm that makes road signs: “Columbia 1542 miles” fried!
SUE THEM !!!!!!
They deserve nothing less.
if they put 1/2 the effort into catching p2p ppl rather than bad mouthing them,
i think it would be alot harder to dl without getting a court order.
so tbh it doesnt really bother me. if they cant even quote right, how do you expect them to catch illegal filesharers.
hahaha beautiful
grab them by the balls and make them hurt
lets get some money back for the bit torrent people :D
[quote comment="220908"][quote comment="219628"][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.[/quote]
Very entertaining.. “truth of the law” - that’s a classic.
Anyway, your point is that we should take down the entire postal infrastructure and while we are at it, sue the hell out of car manufacturer just because we can prove the crimes are being commitment.
How about the firm that makes road signs: “Columbia 1542 miles” fried![/quote]
I think Scott’s point was that the postal service and car manufacturers are not inherently illegal, but using a non-illegal service for an illegal purpose is a punishable act.
it would be nice to see them lose in court, however the companies they work for have already bought the government, judges and juries, and lawyers and bailifs and well you get the point….
how about burning down BREINdead HQ?
and have a big drum circle as it burned, roast marshmellows, cook hotdogs, it’ll be a great ol time.
What’s worse, the SENA (sort of the Euro ASCAP) once used a .gif I created (from scratch) for my (at the time) homepage on the web without asking me. I found it on their website when I was checking on some rights-issues involving music in a movie I was working for.
So I e-mailed them, asking why they used my image-file, while I clearly had a disclaimer on my site which said I would only possibly give written permission to use graphics after being asked politely. (I would, by the way, never have given them my permission to use the .GIF for their site.) Needless to say I never heard or read a response from them. Bunch of hypocrites.
[quote comment="218753"]Like all the pro-RIAA guys here I think the claim agains Brein[/quote]Pardon my ignorance, but how can any sane human be ‘pro RIAA’? They are the biggest slime of the planet. If anything, they’ve pretty much ruined the music industry singlehandedly. Oh, and let’s not forget the many innocent lives they’ve ruined as well. Do a web-search on ‘riaa sucks’ and then notice how right ALL the postings and articles are, and why. If you dismiss that, I’m sorry, you must be VERY blind or stupid.
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“Richard, remember you asked me yesterday what the defenition of irony was?”
“Yes, in fact I do!”
“Well, this is i- aargghh!”
hwe’s not american
He cant even spell sue lol
None of you fucking idiots can spell or type. It’s simply pathetic trying to figure out what most of you even try to convey. What’s truly sad is that the opponents to pirating here are the only ones who could spell. The Pirates look and appear to be just shy of illiterate.
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