Dutch Pirate Party Dragging BREIN To Court 123
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An anonymous reader writes "Last week the Dutch Pirate Party refused to take down their proxy. Then, avoiding the Pirate Party in court, the entertainment industry organization BREIN obtained an injunction against the party's The Pirate Bay proxy (now a list of alternative proxies). After receiving additional demands from BREIN on Saturday night, including one to censor their generic proxy, the Dutch Pirate Party decided to take them to court, to strike the order and convince the judge of the need for due process and the freedom to inform."
From the press release: "The penalties imposed by the court are 4 times higher than those ordered upon the large commercial ISPs XS4ALL and Ziggo..."
Tug-of-war (Score:4, Insightful)
This is how it works in a liberal democracy. The side with the most people wins. Donate now to your favorite free speech or pirate cause, because that money is needed to buy more lobbyists, TV spots and print ads than the opposition.
Bad summary, yet again: Edit ! (Score:4, Insightful)
"The penalties imposed by the court". On whom ? For what ?!
Re:I don't understand... (Score:5, Insightful)
Anything that may hurt the profits of some ridiculously rich individuals can and will be blocked. It's as simple as that. Our freedom ends where their profit starts.
Ent Industry is making a hugely stupid mistake... (Score:5, Insightful)
Makes me weep to be an American... (Score:5, Insightful)
Our only choices are "In the pocket of the MPAA" and "In the pocket of the MPAA"...oh, wait...
Re:I don't understand... (Score:5, Insightful)
Anything that may hurt the profits of some ridiculously rich individuals can and will be blocked. It's as simple as that. Our freedom ends where their profit starts.
So, what is the point of a legal system then, or is it simply more of a charade to continue the illusion that we little poor bottom feeders actually still have a say in the matter...
Re:Tug-of-war (Score:4, Insightful)
This is why republics are superior to democracies. Democracy is tyranny of the people. A republic is governed by rule of law, a democracy is governed by the fickle will of the masses.
Re:Tug-of-war (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:I don't understand... (Score:5, Insightful)
Or the open hostility some of the judiciary has shown in the various Obamacare lawsuits...
As someone that's been watching the members of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court literally come to blows [dailykos.com] over partisan bickering, I have absolutely no doubt that many of the cases coming before the courts in this country are decided based solely on who the involved parties are or the political ramifications of a decision, regardless of the arguments.
Re:Ent Industry is making a hugely stupid mistake. (Score:5, Insightful)
Downloading anything is perfectly legal in the Netherlands. Do not assume the rest of the world is ruled by companies like in the US, despite this news.
Re:Tug-of-war (Score:5, Insightful)
Exactly, the concept of a republic is like well-meaning DRM, and once it's cracked you're left with a plain old oligarchy...
Re:I don't understand... (Score:5, Insightful)
Yeah basically that. The rich can hire the expertise and change the rules to stay out of court in the first place.
Re:I don't understand... (Score:4, Insightful)
Yo Dog, I heard you like pointers so I put a pointer in your pointer and.... hey wait that actually works!
Re:It's the 80s all over again (Score:4, Insightful)
Unfortunately we're not allowed to have a green party in the U.S. Nor are we allowed to have a pirate party. You either vote for the party of Big Business and Deficit Spending or you vote for the party of Deficit Spending and Big Business.
Hey, at least it's a democracy!