shamu726 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 The defunct News-Service.com, once one of the leading Usenet providers with many prominent resellers, has scored a court victory against Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN. The appeals court overturned a previous verdict and ruled that the Usenet provider doesn't have to monitor and filter pirated content. In 2009, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN, representing the movie and music industries, took Europe’s largest Usenet provider News-Service Europe (NSE) to court.Through the court BREIN demanded that NSE delete all infringing content from its servers, and in 2011 the Court of Amsterdam sided with the copyright holders.The Court argued that NSE willingly facilitated copyright infringement through its services. In its verdict the Court ruled that NSE had to remove all copyrighted content, and filter future posts for possible copyright infringements.Responding to the verdict the Usenet provider said that it was economically unfeasible to filter all messages. The company therefore saw no other option than to shut down its services while the appeal was pending.This week the Appeals Court ruled on the case overturning the previous verdict, setting a more positive precedent for Usenet providers and similar services.The Court concluded that NSE does not facilitate copyright infringement as long as it maintains a procedure through which copyright holders can send unlimited takedown notices.In addition, the Court decided that proactive filtering of copyrighted content is not required, as that conflicts with existing jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice.“We are very pleased with this ruling,” NSE CEO Patrick Schreurs says. “The Court correctly states that a Usenet provider such as News-Service Europe can not be expected to proactively monitor the messages others place.”The ruling this week is an interlocutory verdict. The Court still has to rule on how NSE’s notice and takedown procedure should operate. Afterwards, both BREIN and NSE still have the option to take the case to the Supreme Court.Source: TorrentFreak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoJoe Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Usenet :wub: :clap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoopenstein Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Now, If they can just get rid of the sporge . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoJoe Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Now, If they can just get rid of the sporge . . .Yea, I always put on my waders before jumpin into the groups. Its like panning for gold, but make no mistake, the gold is there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoopenstein Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Now, If they can just get rid of the sporge . . .Yea, I always put on my waders before jumpin into the groups. Its like panning for gold, but make no mistake, the gold is there!Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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