Comments on: Privacy Prevails, BREIN Loses

By: RIAA’s IP Gathering Techniques About to be Busted | TorrentFreak

RIAA’s IP Gathering Techniques About to be Busted | TorrentFreak — Tue, 15 May 2007 21:23:31 +0000

[...] effectiveness has been called into question by Dr. Pouwelse in Foundation v. UPC Nederland. It was concluded that the “shoddy” way [...]

By: Dutch court forces isp to hand over name at Torrentfreak

Dutch court forces isp to hand over name at Torrentfreak — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:02:51 +0000

[...] This present ruling is quite different from previous cases in the Netherlands, where BREIN lost case after case. As Reuters reports, the judge said that privacy rules did not apply if two conditions were met: [...]

By: Dutch ISP’s are rethinking collaboration with BREIN at Torrentfreak

Dutch ISP’s are rethinking collaboration with BREIN at Torrentfreak — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:04:40 +0000

[...] Interestingly, last month the Dutch court ruled that ISP’s could not be forced to hand over customer info to BREIN. However, it seems that at least some ISP’s in the Netherlands are considering to negotiate a structural solution with BREIN. [...]

By: New Law empowers Anti-piracy lobby in Sweden at Torrentfreak

New Law empowers Anti-piracy lobby in Sweden at Torrentfreak — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:33:50 +0000

[...] We all know that “copyright holders” means “MPAA, RIAA and other anti-piracy groups”, that will claim their representing the copyright owners. So, in effect, if this bill is passed, Swedish legislation has given room for a situation where special interest groups can demand personal information from companies to conduct their own private investigations. So the new law will give the anti-piracy lobby more power, at least in Sweden. On the other hand, not far fron Sweden, the Dutch anti-p2p organization BREIN recently lost a case where they demanded personal info about filesharing ip’s. [...]