zatoicchi
22.05.08, 05:17
just read this news in torrentfreak, that scc had to move out of netherlands underpressure from anti-piracy unit on there hosts in netherlands, here is the full story
Anyone with an interest in BitTorrent sites will tell you that many of them are hosted in the Netherlands, due to what is perceived by many as a legal gray area. Dozens of sites inhabit the servers at hosts such as LeaseWeb, despite a few being kicked out or forced to move to other countries in recent months.
Known by most for its scene ‘warez’ release database hosted at NFOrce.NL, another major torrent site host is NFOrce, which gained mainstream notoriety after the OiNK tracker was busted while being hosted by the company. Now it seems that anti-piracy outfit BREIN - who received press this week for their announced legal action against BitTorrent giant mininova - has NFOrce and sites hosted there, firmly in its spotlight.
A few weeks ago NFOrce was approached by BREIN, who demanded the host to shut down SceneAccess (SCC) and hand over the identity of the site administrator. Initially, NFOrce did not respond to these demands, so in response, BREIN filed a preliminary injunction. Soon after this announcement SceneAccess mysteriously went down, with NFOrce claiming this was due to unpaid bills.
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SceneAccess and NFOrce Under Pressure from BREIN | TorrentFreak (http://torrentfreak.com/sceneaccess-and-nforce-under-pressure-from-brein-080521/)
Anyone with an interest in BitTorrent sites will tell you that many of them are hosted in the Netherlands, due to what is perceived by many as a legal gray area. Dozens of sites inhabit the servers at hosts such as LeaseWeb, despite a few being kicked out or forced to move to other countries in recent months.
Known by most for its scene ‘warez’ release database hosted at NFOrce.NL, another major torrent site host is NFOrce, which gained mainstream notoriety after the OiNK tracker was busted while being hosted by the company. Now it seems that anti-piracy outfit BREIN - who received press this week for their announced legal action against BitTorrent giant mininova - has NFOrce and sites hosted there, firmly in its spotlight.
A few weeks ago NFOrce was approached by BREIN, who demanded the host to shut down SceneAccess (SCC) and hand over the identity of the site administrator. Initially, NFOrce did not respond to these demands, so in response, BREIN filed a preliminary injunction. Soon after this announcement SceneAccess mysteriously went down, with NFOrce claiming this was due to unpaid bills.
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SceneAccess and NFOrce Under Pressure from BREIN | TorrentFreak (http://torrentfreak.com/sceneaccess-and-nforce-under-pressure-from-brein-080521/)