Another uploader to torrent sites including The Pirate Bay and KickassTorrents has agreed to pay a cash settlement to Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN. After other members of his group were identified the man apparently stopped uploading torrents and lay low, but that didn't stop BREIN from catching up with him.

After many years of targeting the operators of pirate sites, Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN is now turning up the pressure on some of the more prolific online file-sharers.

Naturally those individuals frequent some of the largest torrent sites and BREIN hopes that by tracking them down and holding them to account, others engaged in similar activities will reconsider their options, thus removing pirate content from the Internet.

As part of this project BREIN previously targeted 2Lions-Team, a release group that reportedly uploaded thousands of files to popular torrent sites including The Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents and ExtraTorrent.

The group was involved in the spread of a wide range of content including popular TV show The Walking Dead and recent hit movie The Revenant. According to BREIN, 2Lions-Team were responsible for almost half a million pirate downloads.

Back in March BREIN announced that it had obtained ex-parte injunctions against three members of the torrent release group. As a result they faced fines of €2,000 per day fine if they infringed BREIN members’ copyrights in the future.

BREIN also reached out-of-court settlements of around €15,000 with five members of 2Lions-Team members, to a total of €67,500. But BREIN still wasn’t done. According to a new announcement from the anti-piracy group it has just caught up with a uploader and moderator for the group.

“The uploader posted frequent torrents for illegal English subtitled movies and TV series on illegal websites such as The Pirate Bay and KickassTorrents,” BREIN announced.

“[After the other members were identified] the uploader in question stopped uploading and hoped in vain that he would be spared. He was still identified by BREIN.”

Just like his former colleagues in 2Lions-Team, the unnamed individual is now required to settle with the anti-piracy group. That amount has apparently been set at €7500 which is an uncomfortable amount for most people and could be devastating to others.

Furthermore, the individual will also have to remove all the torrents he uploaded to various sites, something other team members were also required to do. In some cases that will be possible but torrents tend to have a life of their own and can’t be stopped simply by the removal of a file.

BREIN says that in total it will now receive €75,000 in settlements from 2Lions-Team members, a not insignificant amount for people engaged in what was probably an oversized hobby project. And for those wondering about the future, these kinds of actions look set to increase.

Back in March the anti-piracy group was granted special permission from the national data protection authority to monitor torrent users on a large scale.

“I advise notorious uploaders to think twice, after all, forewarned is forearmed,” said BREIN chief Tim Kuik, who noted that VPN users might get even tougher treatment.

“VPN services can see what you do, you run a security risk and it is possible that you can still be identified, which will result in a higher ‘fine’,” Kuik said.

This week the anti-piracy group is reiterating its threats that important uploaders run the risk of significant punishments.

“BREIN again warns that the monitoring of initial and/or large-scale illegal uploaders is extensive and that settlement amounts could reach thousands of euros per case,” the outfit concludes