4 , 0 0 0 ▁for ▁accessing ▁its ▁B tx ▁page ▁many ▁times . ▁They ▁returned ▁the ▁money ▁the ▁following ▁day . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁column ist ▁for ▁the ▁Berlin - based ▁Die ▁T ages zeit ung , ▁often ▁reporting ▁on ▁the ▁B BS ▁scene ▁and ▁the ▁computer ▁under ground . ▁ ▁Holland ▁also ▁co - f ounded ▁the ▁C CC ' s ▁ha cker ▁magazine ▁Dat ensch le uder ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁which ▁pra ised ▁the ▁possibilities ▁of ▁global ▁information ▁networks ▁and ▁powerful ▁computers , ▁and ▁included ▁detailed ▁w iring ▁diag rams ▁for ▁building ▁mode ms ▁cheap ly . ▁The ▁then - mon opol ist ▁tele phone ▁company ▁of ▁Germany ' s ▁Deutsche ▁Bundes post ▁had ▁to ▁appro ve ▁mode ms ▁and ▁sold ▁expensive , ▁slow ▁mode ms ▁of ▁their ▁own . ▁The ▁tele communic ations ▁branch ▁of ▁Deutsche ▁Bundes post ▁was ▁priv at ized ▁and ▁is ▁now ▁Deutsche ▁Tele kom . ▁ ▁Because ▁of ▁Holland ' s ▁continu ing ▁participation ▁in ▁the ▁club , ▁the ▁C CC ▁gained ▁popular ity ▁and ▁cred ibility . ▁He ▁gave ▁speech es ▁on ▁information ▁control ▁for ▁the ▁government ▁and ▁the ▁private ▁sector . ▁Holland ▁fought ▁against ▁copy ▁protection ▁and ▁all ▁forms ▁of ▁c ensor ship ▁and ▁for ▁an ▁open ▁information ▁infrastr ucture . ▁He ▁compared ▁the ▁c ensor ship ▁dem ands ▁by ▁some ▁govern ments ▁to ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁Christian ▁church ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁and ▁regarded ▁copy ▁protection ▁as ▁a ▁product ▁defect