No torrent site on earth is more popular than Mininova. Surprisingly, however, all the legal pressure seems to have been focused on sites such as The Pirate Bay. Mininova - against all the odds - appears to have stayed under the radar. All that changed today as Mininova is now facing legal action by Dutch anti-piracy agency, BREIN.

I can’t believe Mininova has been going as long as it has, with no response from authorities. Finally, and regrettably, the time has come where Mininova is now under fire. It’s a pile of bullshit that I reported previously from the TorrentSpy lawsuit. The CEO if Brein said Mininova is founded on legal activity. Basically, this “Tim” guy already stands out to me as a total idiot.

Erik Dubbelboer, one of the co-founders of Mininova, told TorrentFreak that Mininova will not cave in to pressure from BREIN. He expects to have more details about the upcoming lawsuit later this week: “We will proceed to court with full confidence. We operate within the law, as we maintain our ‘notice and take down’ policy. That is, we remove search results if a copyright holder asks us to.”

I hope Mininova can hold its ground, not only because I am a user, but is a well respected torrent site for not having a bunch of wasted uploads. Fakes are removed by moderators fairly quickly, which is always appreciated.

Read more at TorrentFreak

By the way, P2P is legal in Canada, so don’t let anyone tell you different.

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