Monthly Archive for July, 2009

Special HDD deal for Mininova users

Hi everyone,

Most people will probably experience similar problems with storage like us: you never have enough space. You just bought a new hard-drive and within a few weeks you filled it up again.

All this storage — even though it is getting cheaper — is still quite expensive. So we were immediately interested when the guys at Freecom contacted us with a cool offer for our users: 20% discount on the “Freecom Hard Drive XS” series. We think this is a great opportunity for you to get a good hard-drive for little money. The prices listed below are less than in any other place we could find and the drives are shipped worldwide.

The Freecom Hard Drive XS

The drive itself received very good reviews. It is housed in a special rubber casing which makes it both very quiet (no fan) and provides optimal grip. Since it’s the smallest type of external hard-drive (3.5″) and because of the anti-shock rubber, it’s perfect to carry around or to take to friends to exchange files.

In order to get the 20% off all you need to do is enter the following promo code on the Freecom checkout page:

mininovaxs

  • 500 GB / 1 TB / 1.5 TB
  • Smallest 3.5″ external hard drive
  • Quiet, thanks to fan-less design
  • Rubberized enclosure, reducing vibration and providing optimal grip
  • Turbo USB 2.0 driver for faster data transfer speeds (Windows only)
  • High quality, sleek design (18.2 x 11.4 x 3.1 cm)
  • One year manufacturers warranty, free help-desk support

You can choose between 3 sizes:

500 GB – Buy now image buy now
€79.00 / $99.00 / £74.99
€63.20 / $79.20 / £59.99

1 TB – Buy now image buy now
€109.00 / $139.00 / £99.98
€87.20 / $111.20 / £79.98

1.5 TB – Buy now image buy now
€139.00 / $179.00 / £124.99
€111.20 / $143.20 / £99.99

The code will only be active for 2 weeks (till 09-08-2009) or until the drives go out of stock, so make sure you order quickly!

You can order the harddisks by clicking on the product link above.

Cheers,

The Mininova staff

Verdict postponed

Hi all,

Here’s a short update on the ongoing court trial. The judge has postponed the date of the verdict (originally planned July 15) to August 26, due to the summer holiday period.

Please stay tuned for updates!

Thanks, The Mininova staff

Mininova demands rectification report from working group

Hi all,

In January 2008, a working group was installed with the goal to evaluate copyright laws. The working group consists of four members of the Dutch parliament. Two weeks ago, the working group published a report with the name Auteursrechten. Een rapport (’Copyright – a report’). The report includes several recommendations related to reforming copyright laws.

Unfortunately the report includes several factually incorrect assumptions related to Mininova, among which:

  • That Mininova refuses to remove torrent files after a complaint has been filed
  • That Mininova adds ‘reviews’ to torrent files uploaded by users
  • That Mininova pro-actively removes torrents that refer to ‘incorrect content (e.g. porn)’

Besides these factual errors, the report also implies that all torrents on Mininova refer to copyrighted material, that Mininova hosts the content itself, and that Mininova profits from distributing these torrents.

We are very displeased with the fact that the working group didn’t contact us prior to releasing this report, or even took a look at mininova.org. If they had done so, they would’ve seen that we offer a copyright policy service for content owners for years and that we work closely with the content industry.

We demand that the spreading of false information related to Mininova will be stopped. In addition, we demand that the working group removes the name Mininova from the report and places a rectification on the website of the Dutch parliament and in several national newspapers. If these demands are not met, we’ll consider legal steps. To our surprise and nuisance the working group refuses to respond to the essence of the claim, being the factual errors about us and our services.

That’s it for now, stay tuned for updates!

- The Mininova staff