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I think it's nice to live in a country where courts still exist that are not influenced by lobbyist and politics. Especially since BREIN has been ordered to rep
by neals 13y ago
I think it's nice to live in a country where courts still exist that are not influenced by lobbyist and politics. Especially since BREIN has been ordered to repay the 326.000 in court fees.
- skrebbel 13y agoAnd where internet providers owned by publicly traded corporations actually spend time and money fighting in court.
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- gnur 13y agoAnd where an internet provider not even included in the original case joined in only for the pursuing justice. XS4ALL has always claimed to be fighting for a free internet, with this case, they proved it to me.
- nubbee 13y agoApparently the judge who issued the original verdict had connections with BREIN' lawyer. http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-censorship-judge-is-corrupt-claims-pirate-party-founder-120512/ http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-censorship-judge-is-corru...
- tluyben2 13y agoYeah , this has been well documented everywhere, including in discussions on HN.
- davedx 13y agoI work for the parent company of Ziggo. Good to feel like I was somehow connected to this victory, in however a small way! :)
- twobits 13y agoIt's scary that the fees where so high. (Not in the sense "I am a corp, I throw millions in my legal dept", but in the sense "if I, a person, gets sued, I am so fing fed".)