TorrentSpy Ordered to pay $110 million by Fed Judge
TorrentSpy, the File sharing site, has been ordered to pay a $110 million fine for copyright infringement by a federal judge in Los Angeles. MPAA accuses TorrentSpy for concealing evidence.
“This substantial money judgment sends a strong message about the illegality of sites. The demise of TorrentSpy is a clear victory for the studios and demonstrates that such pirate sites will not be allowed to continue to operate without facing relentless litigation by copyright holders,” said MPAA’s Dan Glickman.
TorrentSpy utilised a legitimate file-sharing technology called BitTorrent. It makes it easier to exchange large files over the Internet without having to rely on central servers, with individual users sending and sharing bits of files.
In 2006 TorrentSpy was more popular than any other BitTorrent site, but this changed quickly in August 2007, when a federal judge ordered TorrentSpy to log all user data. The judge ruled that TorrentSpy had to monitor its users in order to create detailed logs of their activities, and hand these over to the MPAA.
TorrentSpy shut down on 24 March and the website now has a message saying it has closed as “the ultimate method of privacy protection”.
Source: TorentFreak
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