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BitTorrent Tracker Hosting Illegal Says Dutch Court

torrentfreak.com — Leaseweb, the former ISP of BitTorrent trackers such as Demonoid, What.cd and Waffles.fm lost the appeal against the Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN. The Amsterdam court concluded that Leaseweb has to permanently shut down the BitTorrent tracker everlasting.nu, and hand over the admin’s personal information.

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  • jakash, on 07/04/2008, -6/+88***** BREIN!
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  • umbrellainabin, on 07/04/2008, -6/+70***** BUSH
    ***** THE RIAA
    ***** THE MPAA
    ***** THE IFPI
    ***** THE BFI
    ***** VIACOM
    ***** COMCAST
    ***** MEDIADEFENDER
    ***** AT&T
    ***** BREIN
  • q1006662, on 07/05/2008, -1/+26"With the likes of Microsoft, Prince, and the IFPI going after you, any outsider might begin to wonder when YOU plan to adapt to ‘change’."

    PRINCE? Who the ***** is scared of PRINCE?
  • Emachine, on 07/05/2008, -2/+22***** ROGERS while you're at it.
  • Sendai129, on 07/05/2008, -2/+22"Leaseweb’s defense argued that Everlasting was not facilitating copyright infringement, because the torrent files itself are not copyrighted. However, the judge ruled that this was irrelevant, since the files are an essential part of the download process. "

    So what they are letting people download is not copyrighted....but somehow still illegal? They should go after gun stores next, because after all, guns are an essential part of murder (with a gun). Or better yet, prosecute anyone who sells steak knives as those are an essential part of the stabbing other people in the head process.
  • sega01, on 07/04/2008, -2/+18More stupidity in court. To be frank, I'm not sure who is winning; the sharerers of multimedia, or the lawyers of copyright. Many artists are turning to creative commons licenses and even encouraging file sharing, but so many groups are winning in court against sites which are equivalent to Google, just with an easier and more fine-tuned interface.
  • 00000, on 07/05/2008, -4/+17Have never heard of the site waffles.fm and what.cd thanks for the letting me know of these sites BREIN.
  • burnedtubes, on 07/05/2008, -1/+13***** BILL O'REILY
  • twiztidsinz, on 07/05/2008, -0/+12Straight males everywhere.
  • Elderon, on 07/05/2008, -0/+11Man, it's getting hard to keep track of our growing list of ***** .
  • greenlight2001, on 07/05/2008, -0/+9"Denis of Sevice"

    Hmmm...
  • Sendai129, on 07/05/2008, -0/+9That face.... still haunts my dreams at night...
  • dabura, on 07/05/2008, -2/+11***** THE RIAA + MPAA!
  • inactive, on 07/05/2008, -0/+8this will likely be the new tactic since the EU court ruled a bit over a month ago that providers do not have to reveal customer information for civil piracy cases (spanish recording industry v telefonica).

  • dacodanelson, on 07/05/2008, -2/+9Wow, did they forget to mention that there's a ton of legal things on bit torrent trackers. That's where I'm releasing the video game I'm developing, and where I'm going to release my first album. I've seen a ton of legal things offered over torrents, just because they're the best way for individuals to launch information with bandwidth in mind.

    Power to the sharing community. We'll find somewhere. And what ever happened to the pirate bay's island? I know it fell through, but they better get back on it.
  • limes4all, on 07/04/2008, -7/+13*****
  • inactive, on 07/05/2008, -3/+9EPIC FAIL.
  • EmperorAwesome, on 07/05/2008, -1/+7"...And if you see Dr. Breen, tell him I said '***** YOU!'"
  • CatsAreGods, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5They already go after gun stores...
  • PopcornDave, on 07/05/2008, -1/+6No, by that reasoning they should go after anyone publishing a phone directory because that could be used in the commission of a crime being that they list names and addresses.
  • jmreid, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5Game, blouses.
  • Ellipsys, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5I picture a guy with a nametag reading "Denis" beating the ***** out of a server with a baseball bat.
  • mutz, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5DMCA is only in the usa... NOT in the rest of the world so ***** em...
  • DteK, on 07/05/2008, -0/+5ask Charlie Murphy that question
  • dabura, on 07/05/2008, -2/+6***** YOU_ROGERS!
  • blackhappy, on 07/05/2008, -3/+7***** Yeah!!!
  • PixC, on 07/05/2008, -2/+6Is there freedom anywhere in the world? jeez!
  • slyzxx, on 07/05/2008, -0/+4ya`ll gonna need some heavy duty condoms
  • hank22, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3I host torrentflux on their servers.
  • 00000, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3I believe you just broke it
  • mrsteveman1, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3Yea, it needs to be written down somewhere. Maybe we can etch it into the side of a stick or something. We will call it the ***** Stick.
  • waydee, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3Whats funny is you ***** thinking usenet is some sort of secret club. It's been around longer than most of you have been alive.
  • grungemusic3001, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3If the admins of sites would use fake details it really would be better for everyone. Services like WebMoney will allow you to exchange money is virtually untraceable ways. Its commons sense really. (This is all hypothetical of course)
  • Jedon13, on 07/05/2008, -1/+4First rule of USENET...
  • lead2thehead, on 07/05/2008, -1/+3***** [subject of article]!
  • burnedtubes, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2DO IT LIVE!
  • theaceoffire, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2I CAN'T DO IT
  • cliffski, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1HAHAHAHAHAHA

    they spent that money of yours for the island on hookers and alcohol. you really are thick enough to think that the right wing criminals who actually run thepiratebay behind the headlines were going to take donations for an island.
    HAHAHAHAHAHA

    hope dumb ***** like you contributed.
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  • bar10dr, on 07/05/2008, -2/+3war
  • twiztidsinz, on 07/05/2008, -1/+2The court said the .torrent file isnt copyrighted, but the material you obtain from the .torrent file is, so they are at fault.
  • cliffski, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1how does stealing other peoples work equate to freedom, even in that pathetic empty pit of your brain?
  • Ricky81682, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Too bad we couldn't have separate articles, each with a different "*****" and see what the community Diggs up.
  • defunctlife, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1While you're at it, ***** me.
  • finza, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1***** THIS IM GETTING FOOD
  • finza, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Youtube
  • inactive, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1im guessing when they turn over the name/address of these admins its going to lead them nowhere.... at least if it was my site it wouldn't!
  • cliffski, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1by *many* you mean less than one in ten thousand right?
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