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De Brauw has successfully defended anti-piracy foundation BREIN, eliciting a landmark ruling by the District Court of The Hague on 24 October 2012 which marks a new step in BREIN's battle against internet piracy.
De Brauw has successfully defended anti-piracy foundation
BREIN, eliciting a landmark ruling by the District Court of The
Hague on 24 October 2012 which marks a new step in BREIN's
battle against internet piracy. For the first time a Dutch court
ruled that an internet hosting provider is liable for damages
resulting from activities on the website it is hosting. Liability
was based on the fact that the host was unwilling to immediately
cease its hosting services to an illegal (torrent) website. These
damages may entail the revenues that copyright holders have missed
because their music, movies, games and books have been downloaded
and uploaded illegally via torrent website Sumotorrent.com for four
years.
Stichting BREIN is a content protection foundation representing
the majority of Dutch right holders for film, music, digital books,
software and other multimedia works.
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