Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 31st Jul 2009 15:46 UTC
Yesterday, the Dutch online community was surprised by a verdict from a judge who declared that The Pirate Bay had to make itself unavailable in The Netherlands. This verdict was cast in a case the Dutch RIAA/MPAA-like organisation BREIN had started against The Pirate Bay. With it being a widely known and established fact that downloading copyrighted content off the internet - even if the upload was illegal - is not illegal in The Netherlands, where does this verdict come from? Is it truly a win for the entertainment industry, and a loss for Dutch consumers? Not really - the situation is much, much simpler than that.
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2005-07-06
I don't fully agree. The judge ruled that the sentence should still be effectuated even if TPB changes owners or if they decide to appeal the verdict. So TPB is going black for us no matter what. This will fuel brein in their attempt to spread FUD among the Dutch.
So legally you may be correct, but in practice at least some damage has already been inflicted.
Edited 2009-07-31 15:58 UTC