MPAA and BREIN take down 51 torrent sites

Stichting Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland (BREIN) announced that it and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) convinced hosting companies to take down 51 torrent sites in January.  Last year, BREIN says they won the takedown of over 600 sites.  The International Business Times reports that BREIN conducts anti-piracy “stings” in 12 countries, making it a natural partner for MPAA.  Julie Cheng in Ars Technica reports that internet users “barely noticed.”

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    Mike Palmedo is the admin for infojustice.org, and he manages interdisciplinary research on copyright exceptions at American University College of Law's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. He has Masters degrees Economics and in International Affairs, and is an economics PhD candidate.

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