Dutch watchdog seeks court action to track down in

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Thu Jun 16, 1:13 PM ET

THE HAGUE (AFP) - An internet piracy watchdog has called on the Dutch judicial

authorities to force five internet access providers to hand over personal data on

people downloading music and films on a large scale.

The five internet providers in question -- UPC (UGC), Wanadoo (France Telecom)

Tiscali, KPN and Essent Kabelcom -- have refused to hand over the data the Brein

Foundation needs to identify on the pirates, saying this would be a breach of privacy.

Brein says that music and film piracy on the internet bleeds the music, film and

software industry in the Netherlands of 176 million euros (213 million dollars) a year.

Brein says it has managed to track down a number of surfers who club together to

download large quantities of music and films on the internet. However, it has only

managed to identify their address -- IP -- which is linked to the computer of one of

the subscribers.

Only 41 have responded to an email ordering them to identify themselves.

The organisation wants to make contact so that it can impose a fine or take legal

proceedings against the pirates.

Nine of the pirates who have been identified reached an amicable agreement with

Brein, paying a 2,100-euro fine, the Dutch news agency ANP said.

A subscriber is not necessarily always the person who uses the computer via which the

music and films are downloaded.

The court in the central city of Utrecht has not yet set a date for its ruling.

source : yahoo news

[preso]

hope the ruling takes time....something usual in holland

[Zeus_Hunt]

hope the ruling takes time....something usual in holland

If it was India it sure would have taken years.... :P