TorrentFreak – ‘Destroyed’ Usenet Provider Sues Anti-Piracy Group for Millions in Damages

The legal saga of News-Service Europe (NSE) and anti-piracy group BREIN has taken another dramatic turn.
Once a titan in the Usenet world, NSE was forced to shut down in 2011 after BREIN took legal action on behalf of the movie and music industries.
In its initial verdict, the Court of Amsterdam concluded that NSE willingly facilitated online piracy through its services. As a result, the company was ordered to remove all copyrighted content and filter future posts for possible copyright infringements.
According to the Usenet provider, this filtering requirement would’ve been too costly to implement so it shut down its service but appealed the case.
NSE Wins Appeal
After several more years of litigation, the Amsterdam appeals court ruled…

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