BREIN is a Dutch anti-piracy group that likes to file lawsuits against pirates and this time they were successful against Leaper Beheer BV. According to BREIN, Leaper aids in piracy by providing links to pirate TV streams and on-demand movies. The company claimed they were just providing a convenient service link to content that is already available anyway and since they weren’t hosting the pirated content they shouldn’t be held responsible for it. However, the CJEU didn’t see it that way and told Leaper to shut down or get fined so much it hurts. I’m not sure whether Leaper has stopped yet, but I bet they have. Another one bites the dust.



Describing the people behind Leaper as “crooks” who previously sold media boxes with infringing addons (as previously determined to be illegal in the Filmspeler case), BREIN chief Tim Kuik says that a switch of strategy didn’t help them evade the law.

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Source: [H]ardOCP – Court Orders Pirate IPTV Linker to Shut Down or Face Penalties Up to 1.25M Euro