Andre Yoskowitz
31 Aug 2007 14:01
According to TF, three more torrent tracker sites have been shut down by BREIN, the Dutch anti-piracy group. Once again at the center of the situation is Leaseweb, the web host based in the Netherlands.
Recently, BREIN took down everlasting.nu and then tried to take down the large public tracker Demonoid which immediately relocated to Canada where it remains live and well.
BREIN however, has been emboldened by small victories and yesterday moved to shut down three more Leaseweb-hosted torrent trackers, Araditracker, BitHQ, and Peerportal which combined have tracked 10,000 torrents. BREIN also said the Leasweb had given up the personal details of all the admins even though the three sites left Leaseweb for hosting elsewhere in Europe.
Tim Kuik of BREIN said “we have the names and addresses of these administrators, so we can get to these people through our contacts abroad.”
BREIN says it intends to force the admins to compensate content owners for "lost revenue" and also to prevent the sites from ever opening again. Of course, the latter has failed, as two of the three sites are already back up and fully functional. Sorry BREIN.
Source:
TF