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

Dec 242024
 

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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Deeplinks – The Atlas of Surveillance Expands Its Data on Police Surveillance Technology: 2024 Year in Review

Dec 242024
 

EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance is one of the most useful resources for those who want to understand the use of police surveillance by local law enforcement agencies across the United States. This year, as the police surveillance industry has shifted, expanded, and doubled down on its efforts to win new cop customers, our team has been busily adding new spyware and equipment to this database. We also saw many great uses of the Atlas from journalists, students, and researchers, as well as a growing number of contributors. The Atlas of Surveillance currently captures more than 11,700 deployments of surveillance tech and remains the most comprehensive database of its kind. To learn more about each of the…

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