To Others:
I don’t know about copyright law (or rather I know About it, but simply don’t care for the purposes of this comment), but the large part of the argument against BREIN in this case is not about a breach of copyright so much as a breach of professionalism (as noted in the letter above). Amongst normal citizenry, the people expect that law enforcement will, at times, have to enforce the law against other normal citizens, whether for legitimate reasons or for simply being a part of the law-enforcement process. It sucks, but for the most part we accept it. What we don’t accept is when that enforcement is carried out unprofessionally: When we hear about a bunch of police officers beating a man to within inches of consciousness, we become upset not because they are arresting him, but because they are treating him inhumanely and not giving him the rights that we expect him to be given, and which those officers are expected to honor. When an organization such as BREIN (that name is already annoying me, by-the-way) carries through with legitimate arrests, others from outside their circles may grumble a bit but accept the steps, however when that same organization begins to use quote-unquote ‘underhanded tactics’, such as twisting the facts, hiding those things that may harm their cause whilst twisting other things to the optimum to help their cause (often to the point of presenting a statement that works at a paramount to its original context), and perhaps most grievously, hiding these breaches of professionalism to further their image of purity, those who see these things have a right to be upset because they are all methods of circumventing Law by using Propaganda (which, by the way, was the biggest weapon that the Nazi party used to win over the hearts of the German people, followed soon by the toppling of German Law). This, alone, however is of little consequence, after all the film industry has been using such tactics since its inception (horror stories of bad movies using the line “Two Thumbs Down!” and twisting them to read “Two Thumbs [..]!” come to mind), these things CAN be dealt with. The problem in this case is that this organization has used that propagandic, and a further lack of professionalism, to now hide the facts of their own breaches of the very laws that they seek so greatly to protect and enforce, once such things such as Copyright Infringement (no matter how small) and internal file sharing (which also infringes upon copyrights, by the very admission of the ones involved from what I read), it becomes no different from groups of Police Officers who bear the law with clubs and shotguns in the faces of unarmed men. The law-bearers become law-breakers, and soon the broken laws become changed to match the new laws that protect the law-breakers, and in all it would make the Nazi’s proud (after all, that’s how THEY had come to such power as they’d had, while blaming it on their opposition, as these BREIN people seem to be doing).

With all this in mind, I can understand how a lot of people could be a tad miffed at even an inherently small breach of protocol, because history shows us that small things lead to big things, especially when perpetrated by those immune to repercussions from their crimes. So while I think that sueing them would likely be a waste of time, making them aware of the fact that they are acting unprofessionally and therefore treading upon dangerous ground seems, to me, to be fair.

Also to be fair: Without copyright laws, I doubt that Gutenburgh would have made the printing press, which he otherwise would never have gotten anything back from his invention. On the other hand, if all laws were enforced with heavy-handed measures, no one would be making anything for the fear of being attacked by batteries of sword-bearing legionites; balance and sanity is needed, and MUST be proactively protected, lest… well, you know. It doesn’t take much to cause the Balance of Justice to tip, and once tipped it takes extra effort to regain balance.

Disclaimer: The names of BREIN, Nazi, Police-Officers, Law Enforcement, bittrucker, Others, and any other names, ideas, concepts, or references to individual identities that may or not be contractually owned by any party, whether involved in the discussion or not, are not owned by me and are used here without explicit permission. If asked by any party in contractual ownership of them, I would rescind my use of them to the full extent possible within my abilities (limited as they are), and seek permission for their use in the future.

License for further use: Other than the above Disclaimer’s limitations, I give all people, organizations, and even automated services full permission to use everything presented in this post, in full or in part, with or without citation, so long as the purpose of the above Disclaimer remains in effect.

(A tad over-the-top, but with the current discussion being what it is, why take chances?)

Some hotels don’t conforms the descriptions, that is why real reviews of people who stayed there are very useful….

All the same, this is a good way to wake Brein up to just how insane they truly are.[/quote]

Plagarism is different. That is taking someone elses work and claiming as your own, or giving no references to the authors.

Copying and sharing or distribution cannot be called plagarism – unless the copier also says “I made this”.

LOL WUT

Definitely ironical.
I am sitting here with red cheeks of shame.
Thank you torrentfreak for your elaborate actions. I think this is an intellectual approach of problems and that is the best approach. ^^

Superb letter, proves that not everyone who supports piracy is an illiterate.

Great letter, superb delivery and very tongue in cheek. 10/10