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| Aug 17, 2024 | NVIDIA: Copyrighted Books Are Just Statistical Correlations to Our AI Models | Over the past two years, AI developments have progressed at a rapid pace.
This includes large language models, which are typically trained on a broad datasets of texts; the more, the better.
When AI hit the mainstream, it became apparent th... |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Dutch Court Orders ISP to Block ‘Anna’s Archive’ and ‘LibGen’ | Pirate site blocking is one of the entertainment industry’s favorite enforcement tools. In recent years, it’s become a common practice in many countries around the world.
In the Netherlands, it took over a decade for the first order to be a... |
| Jan 16, 2024 | BREIN Takes Down Virtual Pirate Streaming Worlds on VRChat | Two decades ago, it was not uncommon for pirates to wait several days for a film or TV show to finish downloading.
Times have changed. These days pirates can put on their VR headsets, join a virtual streaming world, and instantly stream the... |
| Sep 16, 2023 | BREIN Tracks Down and Settles with Usenet Uploaders | Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has targeted pirates of all shapes and sizes for the last quarter-century.
It’s also one of the few groups that systematically tracks copyright infringers on Usenet, one of the oldest file-sharing systems which... |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Pirate IPTV Datacenter Defendant is a Flight Risk, Remains in Custody | In recent years, many people have canceled their expensive cable subscriptions, opting to use cheaper Internet TV instead.
Those who choose the cheapest plans often end up at pirate services. These may work flawlessly for years, until they ... |
| Aug 14, 2023 | BREIN Wraps Up IPTV Piracy Battle by Seizing .EU Domain Names | The Internet is littered with shady IPTV services that offer a lot, for very little money.
These deals often seem too good to be true and in most cases they are; at least for those who prefer to stay on the right side of the law. Chasing IP... |
| Jun 1, 2023 | ISP’s Dynamic Injunction Fears Fail to Prevent Lookmovie & Flixtor Blocking | After well over a decade of pushing back against pirate site blocking applications, many European ISPs now see little value in putting up a fight.
Earlier confirmation from Europe’s highest court, that site-blocking injunctions are legal wh... |
| May 23, 2023 | Dutch Police Take Down Massive Pirate IPTV Operation With a Million Users | In recent years, many people have canceled their expensive cable subscriptions, opting to use cheaper Internet TV instead.
Those who choose the cheapest plans often end up at pirate services. These may work flawlessly for years, until they ... |
| May 2, 2023 | ISP Must Forward Warning Notice to eBook Pirate, Dutch Appeals Court Rules | Supported by Hollywood and other content industries, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has been battling online piracy for almost a quarter of a century.
The non-profit organization has shut down thousands of piracy sites since then, including ... |
| Mar 18, 2023 | BREIN Shut Down 449 Pirate Sites & Services in 2022 | Predicting whether specific torrent sites, streaming portals, or IPTV services will still be around in five years time, is difficult at best. At worst, almost impossible.
Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has been tackling pirates of all types ... |
| Feb 27, 2023 | Pirate Couple Got Caught Uploading, Promised to Abstain, Got Caught Again | Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has built quite a reputation over the years. For many Netherlands-based file-sharers, BREIN was considered a mortal online enemy.
Passions don’t run anywhere near as high today, but not because BREIN took its f... |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Usenet Provider Claims Supreme Court Victory Against Anti-Piracy Group BREIN | In 2009, anti-piracy group BREIN took News-Service Europe (NSE) – one of Europe’s largest Usenet providers at the time – to court.
Representing the movie and music industries, BREIN argued that NSE must delete all infringing content from it... |
| Jan 10, 2023 | 370 Pirate IPTV Sellers Faced Legal Action After CJEU ‘Filmspeler’ Ruling | An interesting feature of copyright law is its tendency to lag behind the times while new technology races ahead and exploits its numerous ‘loopholes’.
One of the most famous loopholes was ‘exposed’ when streaming overtook BitTorrent to bec... |
| Jan 5, 2023 | 25 Private Torrent Trackers Went Offline After BREIN Tracked Down ‘Scripter’ | Streaming piracy has taken over from BitTorrent in most parts of the world, but this traditional file-sharing technology remains popular in the Netherlands.
Anti-piracy group BREIN is well aware of BitTorrent’s popularity. In addition to ta... |
| Nov 26, 2022 | BREIN Plans to Have Z-Library Blocked By ISPs if it ‘Resurfaces’ | Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed the indictment and complaint against two alleged operators of Z-Library.
Following an FBI investigation, the authorities identified Russian nationals Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova as... |
| Oct 13, 2022 | BREIN is Not Allowed to Warn BitTorrent Pirates, But it Can Sue Them | Supported by Hollywood and other content industries, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has a long and well-established track record.
Where other groups often take pride in announcing million-dollar damages and prison sentences against pirates, ... |
| Apr 23, 2022 | IPTV, Usenet and Comic Book Pirates Agree To Pay Up and Shut Down | Whether movies and TV shows, music or other types of piracy, most major anti-piracy enforcement groups have a dedicated niche to protect. Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN covers them all.
In a report last summer, BREIN revealed that in additio... |
| Mar 31, 2022 | Dutch Pirate Site Blocklist Expands with RARBG, YTS, EZTV and Others | Pirate site blocking is a common practice in dozens of countries around the world. In most cases, ISPs are ordered to take action after a relatively short court proceeding.
In the Netherlands, it took more than a decade for the first order ... |
| Mar 21, 2022 | Pirate IPTV Sellers Who Refused to Pay a Cash Settlement Get Sued & Lose | An interesting feature of the file-sharing and streaming landscapes of the past couple of decades is their interaction with existing copyright law.
Over the years many sites, services and platforms providing or facilitating access to infrin... |
| Feb 5, 2022 | BREIN Chases Largest Dutch Pirate IPTV Supplier Around The World | In 2021, court documents revealed the work of anti-piracy group BREIN against pirate IPTV seller GoFastIPTV.eu, a platform that offered movies, TV shows and live streams of pay TV channels, plus more than 85,000 on-demand titles.
BREIN beli... |
| Feb 3, 2022 | Dutch ISP is Not Required to Forward Piracy Warnings, Court Rules | When it comes to civil anti-piracy enforcement, BREIN is without a doubt one of the best-known players in the industry.
The group, which receives support from Hollywood and other content industries, has shuttered hundreds of sites and servi... |
| Feb 1, 2022 | Anti-Piracy Group Received $290K in Settlements from Usenet Pirates in 2021 | It’s one of the oldest methods for sharing large files online but despite advances in modern technology, Usenet (also knows as newsgroups) still has a considerable following among enthusiasts.
While it can be used for a multitude of other t... |
| Nov 30, 2021 | Google Removes Pirate Bay Domains from Search Results Citing Dutch Court Order | While search engines are extremely helpful for the average Internet user, copyright holders also see a massive downside.
The fact that infringing sites show up in search results has become a source of frustration and Google has been asked t... |
| Nov 5, 2021 | BREIN Signs Landmark Pirate Site Blocking Agreement with Dutch ISPs | Over the years copyright holders have tried a multitude of measures to curb copyright infringement, with varying levels of success.
Site blocking has emerged as one of the preferred solutions. While blocking measures are not foolproof, the ... |
| Aug 25, 2021 | Usenet Indexer NZBXS.com Shares User Details With Anti-Piracy Group and Shuts Down | Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has targeted pirates of all shapes and sizes over the past two decades.
It’s also one of the few groups that systematically tracks copyright infringers on Usenet, one of the oldest file-sharing systems which st... |
| Jul 30, 2021 | BREIN Pulled 466 Pirate Sites and Services Offline Last Year | When it comes to civil anti-piracy enforcement, BREIN is without a doubt one of the best-known players in the industry.
The group, which receives support from Hollywood and other content industries, has shuttered hundreds of smaller sites a... |
| May 22, 2021 | BREIN Obtains Injunction Against Admin & Uploaders of Pirate Site | Acting on behalf of a wide range of copyright holders and entertainment companies, BREIN is the most prominent anti-piracy group in the Netherlands.
Over the years BREIN has shut down thousands of platforms, the majority of which aren’t det... |
| Apr 30, 2021 | Bank’s Refusal To Hand Over Pirate IPTV Provider’s Account Info Was Unlawful | Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN is constantly engaged in investigations to deter or take down piracy operations, including those involved in the supply of unlicensed IPTV subscriptions.
These investigations can be extremely complicated, somet... |
| Apr 21, 2021 | Anti-Piracy Groups Pressure EU To Prevent Pirate Sites Operating Anonymously | One of the major problems faced by anti-piracy companies and their entertainment industry partners is that of anonymity.
A key element of enforcement action is to be able to identify individuals and entities responsible for infringing activ... |
| Dec 18, 2020 | Pirate Bay Proxy Provider Agrees to Pay BREIN $343,000 & Give Up Domain | After numerous lawsuits around the world, The Pirate Bay is perhaps the most-blocked pirate site on the planet.
In many regions the site is blocked by local ISPs and, as a result, millions of users have sought to visit the site via alternat... |
| Oct 17, 2020 | Anti-Piracy Group BREIN Targets Operators of ‘Spotweb’ Decentralized Community Tool | While most pirates in 2020 use torrent, streaming and download portals for their general piracy needs, many are still obtaining the latest content from Usenet, one of the oldest file-sharing systems around.
With masses of storage space and ... |
| Aug 12, 2020 | BREIN Planning to Tighten The Noose on Pirates & Intermediaries | Founded before Napster, BREIN has forged itself a unique niche in anti-piracy enforcement.
It not only tackles smaller-scale distributors and facilitators of infringing content, but has also obtained some of the most important legal precede... |
| Jul 14, 2020 | Stop Selling Pirate IPTV Packages or Pay €10,000 Per Day, Court Rules | BREIN is the leading Dutch anti-piracy outfit, tackling piracy of movies, TV shows, and a range of other infringing content.
In recent years and in common with its overseas counterparts, BREIN has been working to slow down the spread of pir... |
| Jun 2, 2020 | BREIN Shut Down 564 Pirate Sites & Blocked 258 Pirate Bay Proxies in 2019 | Founded in 1998, BREIN is one of the world’s most recognizable anti-piracy groups and has taken on some of the largest names in piracy, including the infamous Pirate Bay.
BREIN has a laundry list of significant anti-piracy victories under i... |
| May 9, 2020 | Most Pirate Bay Users Stay Away From the Site After ISP Blockades | Following court orders and site blocking regimes worldwide, The Pirate Bay is blocked in dozens of countries.
The effectiveness of these measures is often a topic of debate.
Copyright holders frequently argue that blocking works, showing th... |
| Apr 16, 2020 | MPA and BREIN Sue Hosting Providers Over Pirate Streaming Service | Moonwalk was a massive pirate streaming operation that offered tens of thousands of pirated movies and TV-shows to more than 100 million end-users.
Despite its size, it was largely unknown to the public at large. It wasn’t a classic streami... |
| Nov 27, 2019 | BREIN Wins Court Case Against Prolific Torrent and Usenet Uploader | Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has targeted operators and uploaders of pirate sites for more than a decade.
The group frequently approaches alleged wrongdoers with a proposal to settle the matter privately, but it doesn’t shy away from going... |
| Jul 29, 2019 | ‘Hosting Providers Who Turn a Blind Eye to IPTV Pirates Should Be Prosecuted’ | Increasingly, people are canceling their expensive cable subscriptions, opting to use cheaper or niche-based Internet TV instead.
While there are plenty of legal options available, there’s also a broad offer of easy-to-use set-top boxes whi... |
| Jul 18, 2019 | Pirate Bay Overblocking Hits EZTV Due to Shared Cloudflare IP Address | The Pirate Bay is arguably the most widely blocked website on the Internet. ISPs from all over the world have been ordered to prevent users from accessing the torrent site.
This is also the case in the Netherlands. While the issue remains p... |
| Jun 14, 2019 | BREIN Criticizes Bullet-Proof Hosts, Forces Pirate Webcasters to Get Licenses | While millions of the world’s pirates are focused on sites offering movies, TV shows, music, videogames and software, many are enjoying unlicensed content without even knowing it.
There are tens of thousands of radio stations on the Interne... |
| Apr 25, 2019 | BREIN Goes After ‘Pirate’ Plex Share With Thousands of Movies and TV-Shows | Plex is a multifunctional media server that allows users to easily organize all their entertainment in one place.
Whether it’s movies, music, TV-shows, or photos, Plex can organize and index, making the content ready to stream on a wide var... |
| Apr 9, 2019 | EU Court Asked to Rule on ‘Piracy Liability’ of Usenet Provider | In 2009, anti-piracy group BREIN took News-Service Europe (NSE) – one of Europe’s largest Usenet providers at the time – to court.
Representing the movie and music industries, BREIN argued that NSE must delete all infringing content from it... |
| Jan 19, 2019 | Anti-Piracy Group BREIN ‘Dealt With’ 339 Pirate Sites Last Year | When it comes to civil anti-piracy enforcement, BREIN is without a doubt one of the best-known players in the industry.
The group, which receives support from Hollywood and other content industries, has shuttered hundreds of smaller sites i... |
| Nov 28, 2018 | Anti-Piracy Group BREIN Stopped 75 Pirate IPTV Sellers This Year | In recent years many pirates have moved from downloading to streaming and, as a result, anti-piracy groups have amended their strategies.
Backed by the major film studios, Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN has been one of the frontrunners in t... |
| Jul 12, 2018 | Usenet Users Have Privacy Rights, But Pirates Can’t be Anonymous | Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has targeted pirates of all shapes and sizes over the past several years.
It’s also one of the few groups to systematically track copyright infringers on Usenet, which still has millions of frequent users.
BREI... |
| Apr 20, 2018 | Married Torrent Tracker Couple Settle With BREIN | Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has targeted operators and uploaders of pirate sites for more than a decade.
The group’s main goal is to shut the sites down. Instead of getting embroiled in dozens of lengthy court battles, it prefers to settl... |
| Nov 21, 2017 | 170 ‘Pirate’ IPTV Vendors Throw in the Towel Facing Legal Pressure | Pirate streaming boxes are all the rage this year. Not just among the dozens of millions of users, they are on top of the anti-piracy agenda as well.
Dubbed Piracy 3.0 by the MPAA, copyright holders are trying their best to curb this worris... |
| Sep 16, 2017 | BREIN Tracks Down and Settles With “Libra Release Team” | Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN has been very active in recent years, targeting uploaders on various sharing sites and services.
This week the anti-piracy group announced yet another victory against a group of frequent copyright infringers i... |
| Aug 29, 2017 | Police Confiscate 245 ‘Pirate’ Media Players | More and more people are starting to use “fully-loaded” set-top boxes to stream video content directly to their TVs.
Although the media players themselves can be used for perfectly legal means, third-party add-ons turn them into pirate mach... |
| Aug 11, 2017 | Usenet Pirate Pays €4,800 ‘Fine’ After Being Exposed by Provider | Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN has been very active over the past several years, targeting uploaders on various sharing sites and services.
They cast their net wide and have gone after torrent users, Facebook groups, YouTube pirates and Use... |
| May 12, 2017 | BREIN ‘Hunts Down’ Pirate Media Player Vendors | A surge of cheap media players, which often use the open source Kodi software, has made it easy for people to stream video from the Internet directly to their TVs.
In some cases vendors add pirate add-ons to these devices, selling these “fu... |
| Apr 21, 2017 | Fansubs for TV shows and movies are illegal, court rules | reader comments 235 with 111 posters participating, including story author
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| Apr 21, 2017 | Unauthorized Subtitles For Movies & TV Shows Are Illegal, Court Rules | For millions of people around the world, subtitles are absolutely essential for enjoying the most popular movies and TV shows. Many consumers don’t have English as their mother tongue and the deaf have few other options.
As a result, subtit... |
| Mar 15, 2017 | BREIN Takes Usenet Provider to Supreme Court Over “Piracy Liability” | In 2009, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN, representing the movie and music industries, took News-Service Europe (NSE) – one of Europe’s largest Usenet providers at the time – to court.
BREIN argued that NSE must delete all infringing content ... |
| Mar 9, 2017 | UK Local Government Confirms Surprising EU Position That Viewing Pirated Streams Probably Isn't Illegal | A couple of years ago, the MPAA was freaking out about a piece of free software called Popcorn Time. Even though it was hugely popular as a result of its ease of use — and access to large numbers of infringing copies of films — it had a ser... |
| Jan 30, 2017 | BREIN Shuts Down ‘Pirate Cinema’ on Facebook | In the present day and age, online piracy is perhaps more scattered than it’s ever been.
Torrent sites, streaming services, cyberlockers, mobile apps, linking sites and many more are all labeled as infringing sources.
But, the piracy proble... |
| Jan 11, 2017 | BREIN Reveals Anti-Piracy Tactics and Achievements | When it comes to civil anti-piracy enforcement, BREIN is without a doubt one of the best known players in the industry.
The group, which receives support from Hollywood and other content industries, has shuttered hundreds of smaller sites i... |
| Dec 10, 2016 | BREIN Settles With Private Torrent Tracker Uploaders | Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN is continuing its crackdown on uploaders at various file-sharing sites and services.
Over the past months, BREIN has focused heavily on catching individual uploaders, whether through Usenet, BitTorrent, Facebo... |
| Dec 8, 2016 | Selling Media Players With Pirate Add-ons is Illegal, Says Top EU Adviser | Online streaming continues to gain in popularity, both from authorized and pirate sources.
Particularly popular are Kodi-powered applications or set-top boxes. While Kodi itself is a neutral platform, there are lots of add-ons available tha... |
| Dec 7, 2016 | Court: Usenet Provider is Not Liable for Piracy | In 2009, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN, representing the movie and music industries, took News-Service Europe (NSE) – one of Europe’s largest Usenet providers at the time – to court.
BREIN argued that NSE must delete all infringing content ... |
| Nov 17, 2016 | BREIN’s New Torrent Piracy Crackdown Results in First Settlement | Compared to many other countries around the world, pirating movies and TV-shows is hugely popular in the Netherlands.
Up to a third of the population is estimated to download or stream copyrighted content without paying for it.
This high pe... |
| Nov 11, 2016 | Usenet Pirate Hit With €7,500 ‘Fine’ for Sharing 1,500 TV Shows | Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN has been very active over the past months, targeting uploaders on various sharing sites and services.
This week the anti-piracy group announced that it has scored yet another victory against a frequent copyrig... |
| Oct 11, 2016 | BREIN Tracks Down YouTube Pirate, Warns Others | In the present day and age piracy is perhaps more scattered than it’s ever been.
Torrent sites, streaming services, cyberlockers, mobile apps, linking sites and many more are all labeled as infringing sources.
But, the piracy problem is not... |
| Oct 1, 2016 | Watching Pirate Streams Isn’t Illegal, EU Commission Argues | Online streaming continues to gain in popularity, both from authorized and pirate sources.
Unlike traditional forms of downloading, however, in many countries the legality of viewing unauthorized streams remains unclear.
In the European Uni... |
| EU-Backed DNS Resolver Collects Pirate Site Blocklist, Which It Doesn’t Use | Earlier this month, BREIN published its latest annual report, providing insights into its priorities and achievements.
Among other things, the Dutch anti-piracy group reports that it shut down 50 IPTV/VOD subscription vendors, 42 streaming ... |
| Forwarding Piracy Warnings Violates Privacy Law, Dutch Court Rules | Supported by Hollywood and other content industries, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has shuttered hundreds of pirate sites and services in recent history.
BREIN has also targeted several prolific BitTorrent uploaders and other infringers wit... |
| EU and NL Domain Registries Take Down Piracy-Linked Domains | There are plenty of options for copyright holders to frustrate pirate site operations, but attacking their domain names is particularly effective.
In recent years, various entertainment industry groups have called on the domain name industr... |
| BREIN Chases Largest Dutch Pirate IPTV Supplier Around The World | In 2021, court documents revealed the work of anti-piracy group BREIN against pirate IPTV seller GoFastIPTV.eu, a platform that offered movies, TV shows and live streams of pay TV channels, plus more than 85,000 on-demand titles.
BREIN beli... |
| Anti-Piracy Group BREIN Ramps Up IPTV Actions Under New Leadership | BREIN has just published its latest annual report, providing insights into the priorities of the organization and the progress being made.
This was BREIN’s first year under new leadership. After Tim Kuik retired in 2024, Bastiaan van Ramsho... |
| BREIN Seizes Crypto and Cash from Twice-Caught Pirate IPTV Seller | As part of its endless quest to disrupt the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted content, in March 2021 Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN said it had successfully targeted yet another pirate IPTV seller.
The subscriptions sold by the man pr... |
| Dutch ISP is Not Required to Forward Piracy Warnings, Court Rules | When it comes to civil anti-piracy enforcement, BREIN is without a doubt one of the best-known players in the industry.
The group, which receives support from Hollywood and other content industries, has shuttered hundreds of sites and servi... |
| LLM Taken Down Following Legal Pressure from Anti-Piracy Group | Development of AI continues to progress at a rapid pace. This includes work on large language models (LLMs), which are typically trained on broad datasets of texts.
These technologies promise unparalleled progress which could benefit societ... |
| Groupon ‘Redeems’ Itself With Rapid Takedown of Pirate IPTV Deal | The battle against online piracy takes place on many fronts.
In addition to tackling infringing content at the source, copyright holders are increasingly focused on the platforms where these services are advertised and promoted.
These adver... |
| Dutch Court Orders ISP to Block Music Piracy Sites ‘Newalbumreleases’ and ‘Israbox’ | Pirate site blocking is a common practice in dozens of countries around the world, and the Netherlands is no exception.
After a decade-long legal battle between anti-piracy group BREIN and three local Internet providers, the latter were ord... |
| Anti-Piracy Group Received $290K in Settlements from Usenet Pirates in 2021 | It’s one of the oldest methods for sharing large files online but despite advances in modern technology, Usenet (also knows as newsgroups) still has a considerable following among enthusiasts.
While it can be used for a multitude of other t... |
| BREIN Settles With Pirate IPTV Seller Afer Global Chase | There are dozens of anti-piracy groups active around the world and BREIN is one of the frontrunners.
The Dutch organization is mainly active in Europe where it’s responsible for taking down illicit sites and services, while also obtaining s... |
| Google Removes Pirate Bay Domains from Search Results Citing Dutch Court Order | While search engines are extremely helpful for the average Internet user, copyright holders also see a massive downside.
The fact that infringing sites show up in search results has become a source of frustration and Google has been asked t... |
| BREIN Took 349 Pirate Sites and Services Offline Last Year | When it comes to civil anti-piracy enforcement, BREIN is without a doubt one of the most active players in the industry.
The group, which receives support from Hollywood and other content industries, has a track record of targeting a wide r... |
| Pirate IPTV Sellers Who Refused to Pay a Cash Settlement Get Sued & Lose | An interesting feature of the file-sharing and streaming landscapes of the past couple of decades is their interaction with existing copyright law.
Over the years many sites, services and platforms providing or facilitating access to infrin... |
| Dutch Pirate Site Blocklist Expands with RARBG, YTS, EZTV and Others | Pirate site blocking is a common practice in dozens of countries around the world. In most cases, ISPs are ordered to take action after a relatively short court proceeding.
In the Netherlands, it took more than a decade for the first order ... |
| Torrent Site Blockades Don’t Change Old Piracy Habits Right Away | In March, a Dutch court ordered local ISP Delta to block access to the torrent sites 1337x, LimeTorrents, YTS, RARBG, Kickasstorrents and EZTV.
In addition to the main domains, a long list of proxies and mirrors are included as well. And if... |
