p2pnet - rss feed: BREIN goes after Mininova
p2pnet news | P2P:- Dutch site Mininova, the largest BitTorrent site, boasting more than 30 million unique visitors a month, has so far managed to keep clear of the entertainment cartels.
But those days are over.
It and BREIN, Holland’s version of the RIAA and MPAA combined, have been holding secret talks for a year, but to no avail.
Now, the industry outfit says it’ll take Mininova to court,” says TorrentFreak, going on:
“BREIN hopes the court will force Mininova to filter its search results, so that all .torrent files which may point to unauthorized content are removed.”
“We can’t elaborate on the content of the negotiations,” a Mininova spokesman told p2pnet, continuing, but, “BREIN said they will press summons ASAP.”
The, “announced legal action will focus on the question whether Mininova has to filter their search results or not,” says TorrentFreak.
“BREIN wants Mininova to install such a filter, Mininova on the other hand doesn’t want to censor the search results. The outcome of the case is likely to have a huge impact on the future of other BitTorrent sites, and even sites such as Google and YouTube.”
The Mininova spokesman told p2pnet he estimated it would be two years or so before any kind of “decision” is reached.
‘Defy the ban’
Mininova, “helped Australians get around a court order banning the showing of a new Australian gangland thriller,” p2pnet posted recently.
Under discussion was a then new TV crime show, Underbelly, a drama series, “about the 10-year gangland war that shocked Australia”.
Most of the country sat down to watch the first episode, but because of legal restrictions, “Victorians, on whose streets the real drama unfolded, were unable to join them”.
However, “The program was available even earlier for those who wanted to defy the ban by using the internet,” said The Age.
About 15 minutes after the broadcast finished in the eastern states, the first online version, “was available for download from the Netherlands-based website mininova,” observed the story.”
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TorrentFreak - Mininova Faces Legal Action: Filter or Else, May 19, 2008
p2pnet - Mininova lets Australians see Underbelly, February 13, 2008
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May 20th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
What the various anti-piracy companies want is nothing short of the total destruction of all P2P networks.
June 22nd, 2008 at 11:35 am
i dont know why these governments bother to try and destroy these p2p networks because as soon as one option for downloading shows etc gets canned…..another rises to the challenge and the court crap starts all over again… for example Napster…. now look at all the clones and the difficulty they are facing ehhe its an uphill battle. If you were banging ur head against a wall wouldnt u stop?
And yes a lot of people were pissed here in australia bout the underbelly show…(mostly victorians)…. but not for long. copies of the show circulated my work immediatly after it was aired. so yeah the TV company (i think channel 9) missed out bigtime due to a stupid court order.