Zeus_Hunt Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Los Angeles (CA) – The MPAA just scored a major anti-piracy victory against TorrentSpy, which once was one of the major BitTorrent indexing Website. The umbrella organization for movie industry won record damages in the amount of $110 million.The fine appears to be the final chapter in a lawsuit that was filed by the MPAA against TorrentSpy in February of 2006 and ultimately resulted in the shutdown of the service in March of this year. A federal judge awarded the maximum fine of $30,000 for each of almost 3700 files, landing the MPAA $110 million judgment. According to law, the maximum damages for a single infringement is $30,000. The MPAA heralds this decision as a key judgment that will be the base for future lawsuits against other torrent sites. Valence Media, which operated TorrentSpy, filed for bankruptcy protection in the UK following the judgment. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonar Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 OUCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrVoice Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 @#$% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Oh my! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonon Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I wonder what happens with all this cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eBait Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 They won't pay it, since they have filed for bankruptcy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaven Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Geez.. if the MPAA won, then there'll be many more following :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjall Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 total BS!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Foucault Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 We're screwed up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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