Blocking Page:
Dutch language news article:
http://www.security.nl/artikel/40111/1/Blokkade_The_Pirate_Bay_begonnen.html
Archive for 2012/02/01
Dutch Pirate Bay Blockade Has Commenced
Posted: 2012/02/01 in Blocking, Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, JurisprudenceDutch Researcher Investigates PasteBin For 6 Weeks. Conclusion: It’s A Dumping Ground For Crackers
Posted: 2012/02/01 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Stats / reportsDutch language news article:
http://www.security.nl/artikel/40125/1/”Pastebin_stortplaats_voor_crackers”.html
The Pirate Bay Moves to .SE Domain To Prevent Domain Seizure – Swedish Police Does Not Use Internet?
Posted: 2012/02/01 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, JurisprudenceA Pirate Bay insider confirmed this morning that this was done “just in case ICE has been waiting for the court case to be over.”
http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-moves-to-se-domain-prevent-domain-seizure-120201/
Pirate Bay Verdict Signals Threat Of Huge New Anti-Piracy Campaign
Posted: 2012/02/01 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, JurisprudenceToday’s Supreme Court rejection against The Pirate Bay signals the start of a new campaign targeting 150 file-sharing sites, say anti-piracy figures. A lawyer for the Hollywood movie studios says she expects Swedish sites and those providing them with infrastructure will stop their activities today. Antipiratbyran say they will take legal action against those that don’t.
http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-verdict-signals-threat-of-huge-new-anti-piracy-campaign-120201/
Following In Footsteps Of Twitter, Google Is Now Also Blocking Content On Per Country Basis
Posted: 2012/02/01 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Filtering, GoogleDutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/109382/google-censureert-blogs-in-bepaalde-landen-.html
Bruce Schneier To Speak At Hacker Pow-Wow ‘Hack In The Box’
Posted: 2012/02/01 in Education / AwarenessDutch language news article:
http://www.security.nl/artikel/40138/1/Bruce_Schneier_spreekt_tijdens_HITB_Amsterdam.html
Romanians Probe Man Suspected of Hacking Pentagon
Posted: 2012/02/01 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, EnforcementMediaSentry was used by the MPAA to secretly infect computers that downloaded copyrighted files
Posted: 2012/02/01 in Education / AwarenessThe malware would then report IP addresses to the MPAA, allowing the association to locate and prosecute illegal file-sharers
http://blogs.norman.com/2012/for-consumption/megaupload-shutdown-has-a-silver-lining
Luckily, The Pirate Bay lives, and Swedish prison is great!
Posted: 2012/02/01 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, JurisprudenceRedbox rebuffs Warner Bros., won’t delay rentals for 56 days
Posted: 2012/02/01 in Education / Awareness, New Business ModelsUS Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center Welcomes Europol As Its 20th Partner Agency
Posted: 2012/02/01 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, New Business Models, Organized Crime, Public PolicyIPR Center Director Lev Kubiak and Europol Operations Department Assistant Director Troels Oerting signed an agreement, outlining the collaborative investigative efforts and cooperation protocols.
“I’m excited about this new partnership with Europol, which greatly enhances cooperation and leverages greater resources, skills and authorities,” said Kubiak. “We will continue to work closely with our international and domestic law enforcement partners to facilitate global investigations and continue to crack down on transnational IP theft.”
“I very much welcome this closer and improved link with the ICE IPR Coordination Center,” said Europol Director Rob Wainwright. “Intellectual property theft is a rapidly growing and evolving area of criminal activity, with a massive economic cost to business and society, which we must work hard to minimize. By sharing intelligence and best practices, the cooperation between our two agencies will inevitably lead to future operational successes.”
Founded in 2000, the IPR Center is one of the U.S. government’s key weapons in the fight against criminal counterfeiting and piracy. The center uses the expertise of its 20 member agencies to share information, develop initiatives, coordinate enforcement actions, and conduct investigations related to IP theft. Through this strategic interagency partnership, the IPR Center protects the public’s health and safety, the U.S. economy and the war fighters.
Europol is the European law enforcement agency whose mission is to support the European Union (EU) Member States in preventing and combating all forms of serious transnational crime and terrorism. Europol received the mandate to work on intellectual property-related crime in 2002. For years now, Europol has improved operational expertise and networking facilities in EU Member States and beyond. In 2010, for example, a key operation was coordinated by Europol and the EU’s Judicial Cooperation Unit, covering 10 different EU countries, and led to the dismantling of an organized criminal network linked to the Camorra in Naples, Italy.
The center employs a true task force model to optimize the roles and enforcement efforts of member agencies, while enhancing government-industry partnerships to support ongoing IPR enforcement initiatives. Europol is the fourth international partner agency and joins the center’s other 19 partner agencies, which include:
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- U.S. Postal Inspection Service
- Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations
- Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
- Naval Criminal Investigative Service
- Defense Criminal Investigative Service
- U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Command, Major Procurement Fraud Unit
- Defense Logistics Agency, Office of Inspector General
- Air Force Office of Special Investigations
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- General Services Administration, Office of Inspector General
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Inspector General
- U.S. Department of State, Office of International Intellectual Property Enforcement
- International Criminal Police Organization
- Mexican Revenue Service
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
To report IP theft or to learn more about the IPR Center, visit http://www.iprcenter.gov/
The Pirate Bay Blogs About Supreme Court Verdict
Posted: 2012/02/01 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, JurisprudenceYear of the storm
2012 is the year of the storm.
The Pirate Bay will reach an age of 9 years. Experiencing raids, espionage and death threats, we’re still here. We’ve been through hell and back and it has made us tougher than ever.
The people running the site has changed during the years. No sane human being would put up with this kind of pressure for 8 years in a row. An insane hobby that takes time from our families, our work (sorry boss) and our studies.
What binds us all together is a strong belief that what we do is good. That it is something we one day can tell our grandchildren about with pride. People from all over the world confirm this. We read testimonials from people in Syria longing for freedom, thanking us for what we provide. We receive more than 100 visits daily from North Korea and we sure know that they need it. If there’s something that will bring peace to this world it is the understanding and appreciation of your fellow man. What better way to do that than with this vast library of culture?
With this said, we hear news from our old admins that they have received a verdict in Sweden. Our 3 friends and blood brothers have been sentenced to prison. This might sound worse than it is. Since no one of them no longer lives in Sweden, they won’t go to jail. They are as free today as they were yesterday.
But what enrages us to our inner core is that the system, the empire, the governments, are still allowed to try to boss you and us around with one law crazier than the other. Do you think they will stop with SOPA/ACTA/PIPA? They will not. Because you won’t stop sharing those files. Because we will not stay down. Because no one can turn back time. Together, we are the iron that hardens with each strike.
In this year of the storm, the winners will build windmills and the losers will raise shelters. So flex your muscles, fellow pirates, and give power to us all! Build more sites! More nets! More protocols! Scream louder than ever and take it to the next level!
Pirate Bay Founders’ Prison Sentences Final, Supreme Court Appeal Rejected. Website Still Active
Posted: 2012/02/01 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, JurisprudenceA few moments ago Sweden’s Supreme Court announced its decision not to grant leave to appeal in the long-running Pirate Bay criminal trial. This means that the previously determined jail sentences and fines handed out to Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm and Carl Lundström will stand.
Peter Sunde, also known as Brokep, now awaits 8 months in prison. Fredrik Neij, also known as TiAMO, faces 10 months. Businessman Carl Lundström has the lightest sentence of 4 months. All will have to pay their share of a combined 46 million kronor ($6.8 million) in damages.
A fourth defendant, Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm, was absent from the appeal hearings due to medical circumstances. Having also failed to appear at a subsequent hearing, it was announced last year that the District Court ruling of 2009 against him of 1 year in prison and a share of the damages would be made permanent.
“The verdict is absurd,” said Carl Lundström’s lawyer Per E Samuelsson. “I am disappointed that the court is so uninterested in dissecting and analyzing the legal twists and turns of one of the world’s most high-profile legal cases of all time.”
One of the defendants informs TorrentFreak that they will now appeal at the European Court of Justice. But this, however, won’t prevent the sentences from being executed in Sweden.
Today’s news doesn’t necessarily means that the defendants will have to go to prison. It is common in the Swedish justice system to deduct 12 months from any prison sentence on cases over 5 years old. Since the case in question meets that criteria the Pirate Bay defendants would qualify, but the decision lies with the court.
Even if denied, the Pirate Bay founders still have a few months of freedom before they are required to serve their prison sentences.
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Posted: 2012/02/01 in Cybercrime, Education / AwarenessXS4ALL Home Page ‘Black Out’ As A Protest Against Imposed Pirate Bay Blockade. Mere Conduit?
Posted: 2012/02/01 in Blocking, Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, Jurisprudence, LitigationTranslation of banner text:
Today is a black day
Wednesday 1st February 2012: for the first time in history a Dutch ISP is being forced to render a foreign site inaccessible. On the basis of an order of the Court of The Hague, XS4ALL is required to block a number of IP addresses and domains.
The judge felt that freedom of information – a fundamental right of European citizens – was being outweighed by the interests of the entertainment industry. A wrong judgment. Therefore XS4ALL will appeal the ruling.
Theo de Vries
General Director XS4ALL
In his verdict, the judge noted that he should be careful and even reserved when being asked to impose remedies related to access to the internet. He noted that those remedies can only be applied when it is sufficiently certain that claimed (copyright) infringements have occurred and conditions in relation to proportionality and subsidiarity have been taken into account. The Court felt that those conditions had been met.
The judge specifically noted that this was about a balance between the protection of copyrights and neighbouring rights of the rights owners versus the protection of the freedom of entrepreneurship of ZIGGO and XS4ALL.
Dutch language verdict:
http://zoeken.rechtspraak.nl/detailpage.aspx?ljn=BV0549&u_ljn=BV0549
http://www.xs4all.nl/ on 1st February 2012
Dutch language news article:
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2729223/xs4all-zwart-protest.html
See also:
http://vrritti.com/?s=xs4all
