BREIN wins, democracy loses translation of dutch blogpost.
translation of /blog/dirk-poot/brein-wint-democratie-verliest/
On January 11th a judge ruled that Dutch internet service providers (ISPs) XS4ALL and Ziggo must censor their customers' Internet traffic. Today it has been made public that the remaining Dutch ISPs, despite their recent joy over the new net neutrality bill, are also forced to censor the connections of their subscribers. Just before noon the verdict in the court case between BREIN and Pirate Party Netherlands was delivered by fax.
The result:
Ex parte injunction not overturned
A judge decided that the ex-parte injunction against the Pirate Party was lawful, and has thereby removed the right to be heard from the IPR jurisdiction. The objections of the Pirate Party to this state of affairs has been found baseless by the judge. This goes to show that much is wrong with this branch of 'rights': the interests of a small group of monopolists are held to a higher regard than the fundamental necessity for freedom of information and opinion. This also gives the opportunity to convict anyone without trial.



