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  | Piracy now "public nuisance" in Los Angeles County Found at 5/9/2008 via arstechnica.com
After urging from the MPAA and RIAA, Los Angeles County agrees that piracy is a "public nuisance" and that buildings and equipment used to store or manufacture counterfeit discs can be seized. Read More... More...
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| MPAA awarded $110 million in damages from TorrentSpy Found at 5/9/2008 via www.geek.com
Back at the end of March the BitTorrent search site TorrentSpy closed down after a prolonged battle against the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). That was not the end of the saga though, and the MPAA has continued its legal case to its conclusion. That conclusion is not good news for the owners of TorrentSpy, [...] More...
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| Pirate Bay: MPAA's $15.4 million damage claim a fabrication Found at 5/9/2008 via arstechnica.com
The MPAA has asked a Swedish court for $15.4 million in damages from The Pirate Bay. Peter Sunde, the torrent tracker's fearless captain, says that the claims are bogus. Read More... More...
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| Mafiaa demands $15 million from Pirate Bay Found at 5/9/2008 via www.theinquirer.net
THE MPAA says it will be demanding $15.4 million from Pirate Bay when its lawsuit goes to trial. More...
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| MPAA wins US$110 million from TorrentSpy Found at 5/9/2008 via www.itnews.com.au
Popular download site TorrentSpy has lost its case against the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and has been ordered to pay US$110 million in damages.. More...
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| Bleeding a Stone: Bankrupt TorrentSpy Loses $110M Case Found at 5/8/2008 via news.yahoo.com
In what the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is calling a significant victory for the major Hollywood studios, a federal judge in Los Angeles has issued a $110 million judgment against file-sharing Web site TorrentSpy for infringing on the copyrights for thousands of popular movies and television shows. More...
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| Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 22nd Aug 2005 18:30 UTC Found at 5/8/2008 via www.osnews.com
The RIAA and MPAA want DRM, and short of legislation, you are not going stop them. I would have to agree. More...
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| Defunct TorrentSpy Slammed With $110M Judgment in MPAA Suit Found at 5/8/2008 via www.ecommercetimes.com
A federal judge in Los Angeles has awarded the MPAA $110 million in compensation from Valence Media, operator of the now-defunct file-sharing Web site TorrentSpy. U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper ordered Valence Media to pay $30,000 for each copyright infringement of nearly 3,700 movies and television programs that were downloaded. The MPAA took TorrentSpy to court in February 2006. More...
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| TorrentSpy fined $110 million, files for bankrupcy Found at 5/8/2008 via www.tgdaily.com
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. More...
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| Movie studios join attack on Pirate Bay Found at 5/8/2008 via www.macnn.com
Movie studios are the latest group to launch a legal assault on Swedish BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay, filings indicate. The Motion Picture Association, an international extension of the MPAA, has filed a 93kr million ($15.4 million) lawsuit against Pirate Bay, which it accuses of hosting illegal torrent trackers for movies such as The Pink Panth... More...
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| Judge slaps TorrentSpy with $111 million damages Found at 5/8/2008 via www.infoworld.com
A U.S. judge has ruled on a nearly $111 million copyright-infringement decision against TorrentSpy.com, the BitTorrent peer-to-peer search site. Judge Florence-Marie Cooper, of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles awarded the judgment to the Motion Picture Association of America, the MPAA announced late Wednesday. Cooper entered a default judgment ... More...
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| MPAA wins $110m from TorrentSpy Found at 5/8/2008 via www.infomaticsonline.co.uk
Popular download site TorrentSpy has lost its case against the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and has been ordered to pay $110m in damages. More...
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| MPAA wins $110m from TorrentSpy Found at 5/8/2008 via feeds.vnunet.com
Iain Thomson, vnunet.com , Thursday 8 May 2008 at 15:06:00 Unlikely to see any money from bankrupt concern Popular download site TorrentSpy has lost its case against the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and has been ordered to pay $110m in damages.... > Read the full article More...
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| MPAA wins $110m from TorrentSpy Found at 5/8/2008 via www.computeractive.co.uk
Popular download site TorrentSpy has lost its case against the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and has been ordered to pay $110m in damages. More...
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| TorrentSpy Slapped with $111 Million Fine Found at 5/8/2008 via news.digitaltrends.com
The MPAA's case against the infamous BitTorrent search engine has finally wrapped up, leaving the site with a $111 million fine and perhaps, empty pockets. More...
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