In the Netherlands the supreme court has ruled that Lycos must release information on the identity of a person who posted information on a member website.[Wired News]The claimant, identified in court documents only as A. Pessers, took Lycos to court in 2003, seeking the details of its client so he could seek financial damages allegedly resulting from the allegations.
Unsurprisingly, copyright groups have voiced their praise, forseeing similar wins for themselves in the future.
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Can't say i'm surprised, actually. I'm willing to bet there was significant political pressure on this case, and unfortunately it looks pretty likely that the flood-gates have been opened. Still, the benefit of it happening in the Netherlands is that once they've sued the pirates, they can leave them in the Hague to face whatever anti-terror measures the rest of Europe has been frightened enough to dream up xP
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