Won’t matter since the site’s been moved to Canada, but Brein, a Dutch anti-piracy organization now has its hands on the owners name and bank account information.
To users of Demonoid.com its been no secret about the troubles the site has faced, with BREIN, a “…joint Dutch anti-piracy program of authors, artists and producers of music, film and interactive software in the fight against Intellectual Property theft,” having sets its sights on taking the BitTorrent tracker site down for good.
BREIN recently took Demonoid’s ISP Leaseweb to court to try and get the site blocked for good and to discover the identity of the site’s owner. Much to the chagrin of BREIN I’m sure, the move did little more than move the site out of country, with Demonoid’s owner picking up his things and moving it to Canada where it’s currently hosted.
The only real headache remaining for the owner of Demonoid is the fact that BREIN was given his bank account information, which I’m sure will be used to pay for damages and fines from alleged copyright infringement that it has been accused of.
In a press release by BREIN earlier today, the anti-piracy organization gloats at its ability to have made the Netherlands no longer a “…safe port for such illegal sites” and also warns that sites which are used to facilitate illegal file-sharing, even if no content is hosted, they will too be targeted.
(TRANSLATED FROM DUTCH ORIGINAL)
Hosting provider Leaseweb have today met the requirements of BREIN concerning the illegal Internet site Demonoid.com. BREIN had summoned Leaseweb in short lawsuit with the requirement the site make Demonoid.com inaccessible and the name – and address data of the site holder to BREIN to supply. The meeting would take place tomorrow in the court in Amsterdam.
Leaseweb have signed an abstention declaration in which has been fixed that she will love Demonoid or a possible alternative of it inaccessible on verbeurte a penalty payment 50,000 euro per day. Also Leaseweb the names, addresses have delivered and bank details of the site holder to BREIN. With that the requirements of BREIN and is there no reason has been met the short persevere lawsuit.
Demonoid are of the largest bittorrentsites in the world. On the site by means of so-called torrentlinks access it is provided to contentbestanden which is exchanged by users. BREIN by TNO sample has devised of the offer on Demonoid taken. From that appears that on average 93.8% of the accessible files are see as illegal to. There is nothing wrong with the bittorrent technology, says to BREIN director Tim Kuik, but it goes how you use that. Demonoid use systematically and it has not been permitted structural of the availability of illegal files and that. BREIN still frequently hears the argument that but content himself on such sites does not stand at the users. In several judge in the Netherlands and the foreign country has been meanwhile stipulated that this does not do to the point. If you use with your site of illegal files is that also illegal.
Briefly after BREIN had summoned Leaseweb disappeared Demonoid.com of the Internet and returned some days later as from new hosting provider in Canada. Demonoid from the US to the Netherlands, earlier moved. By Leaseweb supplied data will be used to identify and address the responsible persons behind Demonoid. BREIN discusses with claimants in Canada concerning action against the hosting provider there.
Our aim is reach that the Netherlands no longer serves as a safe port for such illegal sites. We our previous year at Nederlandstalige sites have aimed which generally what was smaller. Now the large international sites to the turn are. It is a good matter for the of ICTS development in the Netherlands as legal e commerce here a honest chance of battles krijgt’, thus Kuik.
Now what the future holds for the whole affair remains to be seen but, for now it looks as though BREIN may be right, that the Netherlands may no longer be the “safe port” it once was. At least there’s still Sweden right (crosses fingers)?
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They shouldnt just pick on demonoid! Its one of the better sites, why not pick on someone else. Hope someone manages to bring it back to life, if not the true demonoid, demonoid under an alias!