'Destroyed' Usenet Provider NSE and Brein End 16-Year Battle with Settlement
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- The legal battle between News-Service Europe (NSE) and anti-piracy group BREIN has ended after 16 years.
- NSE was ordered in 2011 to remove pirated content and implement filtering, but shut down instead due to high costs.
- The Amsterdam appeals court later ruled NSE wasn't liable for users' piracy, but required a responsive takedown procedure.
- BREIN appealed to the Dutch Supreme Court, which in 2023 confirmed NSE wasn't liable for users' actions.
- NSE sued BREIN for damages in December, seeking millions, citing BREIN's legal pressure as the reason for its shutdown.
- NSE and BREIN settled last week, avoiding further litigation costs, with details remaining confidential.