Archive for 2012/02/25

Dutch Media Publish Example Of Notices Sent To Dutch University. Member Of Parliament Is Asking Formal Questions To Dutch Government

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, Public Policy, Stats / reports

Questions asked by Kees Verhoeven of the political party Democrats 66:

1. Are you aware of the news that the University of Groningen is blocking parts of the internet without the intervention of a judge?
2. Do you agree that the computer center CIT of the University is an internet service provider as defined by the Dutch Telecom law because it is offering students paid internet access?
3. Do you agree that the notion that the CIT has different responsibilities because it is not a service provider is incorrect?
4. Do you agree that the CIT as a service provider should not engage in blocking of protocols and websites?
5. Do you feel it is a desirable situation that a University decides which sites can be visited by students?
6. Do you agree that sites and protocols should only be blocked on the basis of the decision by a judge?
7. Are you familiar with situations whereby students of the University of Groningen are being disconnected on the basis of requests by copyright organizations which notify the University that copyrighted material has been downloaded?
8. Do you agree that it is not desirable that an external organization can have a user be disconnected from the internet. Is such a ‘one strike you’re out‘ approach a desirable method?

Dutch language document:

http://twitpic.com/8o33mr

Example of notice sent to Dutch University of Groningen

Dutch language articles:

http://www.powned.tv/images/other/klacht.pdf


http://www.powned.tv/nieuws/tech/2012/02/mediabedrijven_zorgen_voor_tor.html

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Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:07:07 +0200 Subject: Re: nog altijd geen internet
Hallo X,
Het rekencentrum heeft uw verbinding afgesloten. Dit vanwege een
klacht die het rekencentrum heeft ontvangen van een vertegenwoordiger
van een auteursrechten organisatie naar aanleiding van het downloaden
van materiaal waar auteursrecht op rust. Zie onderstaande quote uit deze mail.
Er vanuit gaande dat het materiaal niet meer gedeeld wordt en de gebruiksregels
van het netwerk nog eens doorgelezen worden zal ik aan het rekencentrum doorgeven
dat je weer aangesloten kunt worden.

http://www.rug.nl/studenten/ictvoorzieningen/security/aup/index?lang=nl,

Met vriendelijke groet,
[RuG]
Quote:
Reden:
P216473, Bas Cligge added on Wed, Jul 20 2011 10:22AM:
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Hash: SHA1
Notice ID: 22-152461947
Notice Date: 20 Jul 2011 05:05:58 GMT
Rijks Universiteit Groningen
Dear Sir or Madam:
BayTSP, Inc. (“BayTSP”) swears under penalty of perjury that Paramount Pictures Corporation (“Paramount”) has authorized BayTSP to act as its non-exclusive agent for copyright infringement notification. BayTSP’s search of the protocol listed below has detected infringements of Paramount’s copyright interests on your IP addresses as detailed in the below report.
BayTSP has reasonable good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of in the below report is not authorized by Paramount, its agents, or the law. The information provided herein is accurate to the best of our knowledge. Therefore, this letter is an official notification to effect removal of the detected infringement listed in the below report. The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, the Universal Copyright Convention, as well as bilateral treaties with other countries allow for protection of client’s copyrighted work even beyond U.S. borders. The below documentation specifies the exact location of the infringement.
We hereby request that you immediately remove or block access to the infringing material, as specified in the copyright laws, and insure the user refrains from using or sharing with others unauthorized Paramount’s materials in the future.
Further, we believe that the entire Internet community benefits when these matters are resolved cooperatively. We urge you to take immediate action to stop this infringing activity and inform us of the results of your actions. We appreciate your efforts toward this common goal.
Please respond indicating the actions you have taken to resolve this matter. The provided link has been assigned to this matter. http://webreply.baytsp.com/webreply/webreply.jsp?customerid=22&commhash=306eea469dbb016072778a007cc59d0c
For email correspondence, please reference the above Notice ID in the subject line. mailto:paramount@copyright-compliance.com?subject=RE%3A%20Notice%20ID%3A%2022%2D152461947%20Notice%20of%20Unauthorized%20Use%20of%20Paramount%20Pictures%20Corporation%20Property
Nothing in this letter shall serve as a waiver of any rights or remedies of Paramount with respect to the alleged infringement, all of which are expressly reserved. Should you need to contact me, I may be reached at the below address.
Regards,
BayTSP Compliance
BayTSP, Inc.
PO Box 1314
Los Gatos, CA 95031
v: 408-341-2305
f: 408-341-2399
paramount@copyright-compliance.com
*pgp public key is available on the key server at http://pgp.mit.edu
Note: The information transmitted in this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, reproduction, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all computers.
This infringement notice contains an XML tag that can be used to automate the processing of this data. If you would like more information on how to use this tag please contact BayTSP.
Evidentiary Information:
Notice ID: 22-152461947
Initial Infringement Timestamp: 20 Jul 2011 03:48:29 GMT
Recent Infringement Timestamp: 20 Jul 2011 03:48:29 GMT
Infringers IP Address: 129.125.*
Protocol: BitTorrent
Infringed Work: Apocalypse Now Redux
Infringing File Name: Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)[DVDRip][big_dad_e™].avi
Infringing File Size: 3249625796
Bay ID: 58b69f891f93d5540ff69930b53ed9bb6a72a13c|3249625796
Port ID: 54371
Infringer’s DNS Name: *.hint.rug.nl
Infringer’s User Name:
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<Case>
<ID>22-152461947</ID>
<Status>Open</Status>
</Case>
<Complainant>
<Entity>BayTSP, Inc. on behalf of Paramount Pictures</Entity>
<Contact>Compliance Manager, Compliance Team</Contact>
<Address>P.O. Box 1314, Los Gatos, California 95031 United States of America</Address>
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<Email>paramount@copyright-compliance.com</Email>
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<Entity>Rijks Universiteit Groningen</Entity>
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<Email>abuse@rug.nl</Email>
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<Type>BitTorrent</Type>
<UserName></UserName>
<Number_Files>1</Number_Files>
<Deja_Vu>No</Deja_Vu>
</Source>
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<TimeStamp>2011-07-20T03:48:29.000Z</TimeStamp>
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<FileSize>3249625796</FileSize>
<URL>http://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce</URL&gt;
</Item>
</Content>
</Infringement>
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Previously:

Dutch University Of Groningen Admits Mistake And Apologizes. BREIN Did Not Send Notices, Warner Brothers And Paramount Pictures Did

http://vrritti.com/2012/02/25/dutch-university-of-groningen-admits-mistake-and-apologizes-brein-did-not-send-notices-warner-brothers-and-paramount-pictures-did/

BREIN: We Have Never Sent Any Notices About Illegal File Sharing To University Of Groningen

http://vrritti.com/2012/02/25/brein-we-have-never-sent-any-notices-about-illegal-file-sharing-to-university-of-groningen/

Dutch University Of Groningen To Block BitTorrent Protocol. No Judge Needed

http://vrritti.com/2012/02/24/dutch-university-of-groningen-to-block-bittorrent-protocol-no-judge-needed/

 

What I heard in my neighbor’s screamed confession was the cracking of Hollywood’s social code, which insists that no matter the private terrors, one is always “great!” We are in foreclosure, we are screaming in the night, but we are awesome in the light of day and on our Facebook pages

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Education / Awareness

I am left feeling what I feel too often now in Los Angeles, an inchoate, uneasy impermanence, where it is possible to feel untethered from even the seasons. It’s what I felt when I saw my other neighbors, the soap-opera actors, evicted with their crying child, their soaked belongings crammed into the back of a borrowed van, their dark, empty house with the holiday decorations still in the windows. It is their faces I see when I read about the foreclosure crisis and the multibillion-dollar settlement that will do nothing to restore my neighbors to their homes. Or to themselves.

They were all working professionals with many credits to their names. And they may be again. But their banks wouldn’t bet on it. And I’m not sure the town does either. People still come to Hollywood with dreams of reinventing themselves. But the reality is much crueler and not so different from that in the rest of the country, where millions do not dream of reinvention but simply long to become who they used to be: people not forced from their homes in the driving rain or crying in the night that they are going bankrupt.

More:

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/opinion/foreclosure-story-untold-in-hollywood.xml

Is tech taking a jackhammer to Hollywood’s middle class?

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Education / Awareness, Future Developments?, New Business Models, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

Hilary De Vries, a screenwriter and book author, writes about how Hollywood’s middle class is hurting. We’re not talking Brad and Angelina or Martin Scorsese. We’re talking about the guy you might remember from a soap opera or the writing team for a lesser-known sitcom. De Vries offered anecdotes about how her neighbors–several cash-strapped actors and screenwriters–have lost homes to foreclosure. She described how popular eateries are deserted. Work is drying up. One of her neighbors laments becoming a statistic, just one of the millions across the country losing their home.

De Vries offers several reasons for Hollywood’s troubles, including the ailing California economy. She also mentions falling DVD sales and the rise of Internet streaming services. That’s probably closer to the nut. The California economy booms and busts, but new technology can have a lasting and (unfortunately for some) financially ruinous impact.

That’s why I don’t believe this is a lull that the film business will pull out of soon.

Much more:

Romanian Hackers Successfully Breached Security Of Dutch Provider XS4ALL Using Known Exploit. XS4ALL Took A While To Report The Breach

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reports

In December 2011, the hackers have penetrated the server xs3.xs4all.nl using a known exploit. They were able to get to the encrypted passwords of system administrators as well as 30 passwords of end users.

They then went and published everything online.

If that was not enough, they were able to modify the system software for SSH-access, copying traffic data in relation to those 30 users – whenever those users would access the server – to a special file.

The reason why this breach has not been made public is the fact that at the time, XS4ALL was finishing up on its annual report covering 2011 and XS4ALL only publishes security breaches in those reports. This security breach will therefore be published in the annual report covering 2012.

XS4ALL says it has increased its monitoring and security efforts since the breach.

Dutch language news article:

http://tweakers.net/nieuws/80270/roemeense-hackers-braken-in-op-xs4all-server.html

Lawyers In The Netherlands Spend Entire Afternoon Discussing The Pirate Bay Blockade In The Netherlands

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Filtering, Illegal File Sharing, Jurisprudence, Litigation, Stats / reports

Are wondering whether or not the Dutch verdict is in conflict with jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice.

Others were discussing the functionality of filtering technology and the legal position of intermediaries. The fact that BREIN is the one sending IP address details to the Dutch providers was also a popular topic and most importantly: is everybody forgetting about the rights of consumers and citizens?

Lawyers being lawyers, they will probably need more afternoons to get to the bottom of all this, so everybody is awaiting the upcoming court cases of BREIN vs Dutch ISPs such as KPN, UPC, Tele2 en T-Mobile, as well as XS4ALL and ZIGGO.

It is fascinating though, that lawyers have skipped discussions about the legal consequences and lawfulness of filtering and blocking of SPAM, Malware, Phishing and DDoS attacks, as well as software companies and ISPs remotely going and disabling malicious content on the PCs of end users. Apparently, those activities are always in compliance with relevant laws, no mistakes are ever being made resulting in filtering or blocking of legitimate content and the privacy and freedom of information rights of consumers and citizens are of less importance in those cases. Secondly, a more thorough debate of the use of deep packet inspection technology would also be welcome.

Meanwhile, thepiratebay.se is still the 49th most popular website in The Netherlands.

http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries;1/NL

Dutch language news articles:


http://webwereld.nl/analyse/109647/juristen-fileren-pirate-bay-blokkade.html


http://www.boek9.nl/files/2012/Diversen/Studiemiddag_22_februari_2012.pdf

Police In The Netherlands And In Sweden Raid BitTorrent Tracker SwePiracy. Scene Access Will Be Next

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, Stats / reports

Also this week, police in Gothenburg carried out a raid against an individual they say is suspected of widespread file-sharing on The Pirate Bay and another local site, Shareitall. The man denied the charges and was subsequently released.

Other Swedish-based sites have already had enough. This week the admins of eBook-focused site Bibliotik.org closed down the site of their own free will.

Earlier this week, Sweden’s number 2 torrent site Tankafetast shut down after its operators decided that enough was enough. At the time, Antipiratbyran confirmed they had threatened the site with legal action. However, just days later, the site has changed owners and is now back online.

ThePirateBay is also still online, as are the sites listed here:

http://www.torrentking.org/?lang=swedish

More:


http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-crackdown-police-raid-private-tracker-others-shut-down-120225/

Dutch University Of Groningen Admits Mistake And Apologizes. BREIN Did Not Send Notices, Warner Brothers And Paramount Pictures Did

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing

The University’s IT Director Cees Sterks also states that they are receiving 3,500 complaints per year regarding BitTorrent traffic in student dorm rooms and that around 1,000 students will be affected by the BitTorrent shutdown.

“Our security manager is spending two days a week tracking down students and shutting down their PCs. We have better ways of spending our time,” Sterks added.

Dutch language news article:

http://www.nu.nl/internet/2749624/torrentklachten-rug-van-internationale-bedrijven.html

Previously:

BREIN: We Have Never Sent Any Notices About Illegal File Sharing To University Of Groningen

http://vrritti.com/2012/02/25/brein-we-have-never-sent-any-notices-about-illegal-file-sharing-to-university-of-groningen/

Dutch University Of Groningen To Block BitTorrent Protocol. No Judge Needed

http://vrritti.com/2012/02/24/dutch-university-of-groningen-to-block-bittorrent-protocol-no-judge-needed/

Encryption not only helps people maintain their privacy from data thieves but it is also helpful in protecting civil liberties in the event of overreaching law enforcement or government investigations

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Education / Awareness, Jurisprudence, Privacy / Data Protection


http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-57385022-245/note-to-self-encrypt-data-memorize-password/

KLM is trying social media interaction in a different way, and offering those traveling alone the option of choosing a seatmate based on their social networking profiles with a program called “Meet and Seat”

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection


http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/klm-offers-way-to-avoid-awkward-in-flight-chats/2012/02/23/gIQAzdcOWR_story.html

Hacker group Anonymous on Friday vandalized the website of a major US prison contractor in the latest salvo in an anti-police campaign

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness

Anonymous subgroup “Antisec” took credit for replacing The Geo Group website home page with a rap song dedicated in part to convicted murderer Mumia Abu-Jamal and a message condemning prisons and policing in the United States.

Mumia Abu-Jamal, whose birth name is Wesley Cook, is a former Black Panther and radio journalist serving a life sentence for the 1981 shooting death of a police officer in Philadelphia.


http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/computer/281500/hacker-campaign-targets-us-prison-contractor

Solicitors Tribunal Publishes Full ACSLaw Judgement against Andrew Crossley

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, Jurisprudence, Litigation

ACS:Law is understood to have sent thousands of threatening letters to people whom it alleged were guilty of “illegal” internet copyright infringement via public P2P (BitTorrent) file sharing networks. The recipients were asked to cough up a hefty fine (e.g. £500+) and threatened with court action if they refused.

The firm tracked piracy by monitoring the public Internet Protocol ( IP ) addresses of people whom shared related content on File Sharing networks. Last year the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) described this as being ‘evidence’ of the “flimsiest” variety, not least because IP’s can easily be faked, hijacked and shared (e.g. public Wi-Fi, office networks, home networks etc.). The controversial Digital Economy Act (DEA) will use the same method.


http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2012/02/25/solicitors-tribunal-publishes-full-acslaw-judgement-against-andrew-crossley.html

Another day and WikiLeaks are still refusing to release the documents they plan to use in their ‘smear campaign’ against Sweden

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy

Not about saving the world anymore. All about saving Assange


http://rt.com/news/sweden-wikileaks-american-agent-107/

RIM’s troubled ecosystem isn’t winning it any support from Netflix, which says it has no intention of supporting the BlackBerry PlayBook

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Education / Awareness

2012…clash of the ecosystems


http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/netflix-we-have-no-plans-to-support-the-blackberry-playbook/28908

Pakistan’s National ICT R&D Fund invites proposals from academia/research institutions, companies, organizations for the development, deployment and operation of a national level URL Filtering and Blocking System

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Filtering

System requirements would be as follows:

1. Should be capable of URL filtering and blocking, from domain level to sub folder, file levels and file types.
2. Should be able to block a single IP address or a range of IP address.
3. Hardware should be stand-alone that can be integrated into any Ethernet/IP network.
4. Hardware should be carrier grade, 1+1 redundant configuration, 100% uptime, redundant power supplies (-48 V DC) with minimum power consumption and other carrier grade specifications.
5. The system should be capable of network monitoring via SNMP. The system should also report critical system statistics, like CPU/Memory utilization, network throughput, etc.
6. The solution should support offline configuration with zero packet delay to the original traffic.
7. The system should operate on OSI layer 2 or 3.
8. The bandwidth handling capacity should be scalable. The current bandwidth of Pakistan is about 85Gbps in total as of December 2011, growing at 40-50% per year. The solution should be scalable and modular to cater for bandwidth expansion of future. Bandwidth expansion should be handled by adding/stacking hardware boxes in modular form. The solution should be deployed in distributed model with filtering boxes placed at the distribution points of backbone providers in major cities. Each hardware box should be capable of handling 10Gbps (or more) of traffic at line rate.
The installation at PTCL IP Gateways at Karachi (Pak Capital and Marston Road Exchange requires to TAP 20 (twenty) 10G interfaces. The system should be able to handle 100Gbps traffic at each node.
PTCL has decided to install 100Gbps interfaces at above location in near future, therefore the system should be able to support 100Gbps interfaces. Minimum change should be required to migrate from 10Gbps interfaces to 100Gbps interfaces.
Similar design approach should be adopted after reviewing the core network of TWA.
9. The system should be modular and scalable to any number of interfaces at the backbone router/switches.
10. The system should have the ability to intercept the flow in both directions (in-bound or out-bound traffic).
11. The system should be rapidly programmable to support new protocols and applications.
12. The system should be preferably plug and play and require minimum configuration for setup.
13. The total delay introduced by each hardware box should not be more than 1 milliseconds at line rate of 10Gbps. In case of offline configuration there should be Fail Safe operation.
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14. Each box should be able to handle a block list of up to 50 million URLs (concurrent unidirectional filtering capacity) with processing delay of not more than 1 milliseconds.
15. The system should support multiple languages to capture URL in any language.
16. The system must support IWF or any other equivalent 3rd party external URL Database.
17. Master Database update time should be user configurable.
18. The Master Database should be locally installed with support to update the Database from network.
19. The system should allow Proprietary DB definition or integration.
20. The Database should be flexible and could be locally modified to meet customer needs.
21. The Database should be flexible to add/remove filters or categories.
22. The backend control of the system to view access to block list URL database should be only with the solution holder (backbone operator). The solution supplier should not have access to view the categories defined by the customer.
23. The solution supplier should be able to provide remote and onsite support on 24 x7 basis in major cities of Pakistan.
24. The solution supplier should propose and quote for providing operations and maintenance (O&M) support of the system with service level agreement (SLA) for five years after system installation and commissioning.
25. System supplier should quote cost of yearly maintenance and up-gradation of the system.
26. No one should be able to view or access the customer defined categories in Database.
27. Separate hardware fast-path for delay-sensitive traffic, ensuring very low latency (~10micS) should be provided. The system should have load balancing and failover capabilities. In case of failure or degraded performance of the system, it should be capable of automatic bypass through a fail-safe port.
28. Updating of URL Database should be done through CLI commands. Support for bulk load through file/network should also be provided.
29. The solution should also support Web based administration via HTTP or HTTPS.
30. The solution should provide easy to use, user friendly web based application to easily block/unblock URL categories.
31. The solution should provide a hierarchical authentication system with configurable hierarchal access to the system management.
32. Blacklist database must be protected with some encryption technology method/key to protect tampering.
33. The system should allow to view statistics related to packet TX and RX.
34. The system should allow reset to factory default mode. User should be prompted if Database is to be reset too.
35. The system should allow to enable/disable all the features listed under filtering/blocking.


http://ictrdf.org.pk/RFP-%20URL%20Filtering%20&%20Blocking.pdf

Currently UK rights holders feel that they are on their own, that the law is not enforced and the Intellectual Property Office is not on their side

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy

So government must act – gear up enforcement and tackle the fragmentation of the enforcement agencies.

* Implement the Digital Economy Act under a clear timetable including getting on with the notification letters and publishing the code of practice

* Lead and set a deadline for agreement in the industry for site blocking, search engine responsibility and digital advertising. The music industry – and other creative industries – say that if the government got a move-on, they could do this by May this year.

* Make it clear that if there’s no agreement, this will be legislated for in the Communications Bill

* Promote London and our hub cities as the melting pot for both creativity and technology. What we offer is the synthesis of these two – while elsewhere in the world there are technology centres or creative centres – our cities offer both.

* Lead joint work bringing together the technology industry and the content creators to educate and signpost consumers to legal access to content.

More:

http://www.harrietharman.org/speaking-at-the-university-of-hertfordshire-on-the-uk-music-indu

Sony Music’s CEO of International Business: “There is absolutely nothing to complain about. The Internet is a great stroke of luck for the music industry, or better: the Internet is a blessing for us”

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

“You can not blame the Internet for harmful excesses. On the contrary. It has brought us tremendous new opportunities,” he added.

But with these new opportunities come new rivals from an unexpected corner. According to the Sony boss, music rights collecting agencies are now preventing innovation in certain countries.

In Germany, for example, most YouTube videos by Sony artists are blocked due to the music rights group GEMA, and not because Sony wants it that way.


http://torrentfreak.com/sony-music-boss-censored-youtube-videos-cost-us-millions-120224/

BREIN: We Have Never Sent Any Notices About Illegal File Sharing To University Of Groningen

Posted: 2012/02/25 in Blocking, Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, File Sharing, Filtering, Illegal File Sharing

In an interesting turn of events, BREIN Managing Director Tim Kuik has contacted Dutch media to inform them that BREIN has never sent any notices to the Dutch University of Groningen regarding illegal file sharing on their campus networks.

The University had been claiming that their reason for shutting down the entire BitTorrent protocol per 1st March 2012 was the fact that they had received too many complaints from BREIN and that dealing with those became too costly.

BREIN is to contact the University on Monday to seek an explanation.

Commenters on the internet already made clear that anti-file sharing measures were commonplace on Dutch universities, one of them even suspending accounts after it would discover that a student had been downloading pirated content.

Dutch language news article:

http://www.nu.nl/internet/2749337/meldingen-rijksuniversiteit-groningen-niet-van-brein.html

Previously:

Dutch University Of Groningen To Block BitTorrent Protocol. No Judge Needed

http://vrritti.com/2012/02/24/dutch-university-of-groningen-to-block-bittorrent-protocol-no-judge-needed/