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MPAA’s Hacking Past Comes Back to Hunt | TorrentFreak
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The court ruled that the MPAA did not technically intercept them under the WireTap Act, although jurisprudence would suggest otherwise. TorrentSpy owner Justin Bunnel told TorrentFreak that he has filed a brief at the Court of Appeals and that the MPAA is expected to do the same in the near future. From then on it can take up to a year before the appeal is heard in court.
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The Pirate Bay, who were also the target of MPAA spying activities, have not taken any action. Instead, spokesman Peter Sunde laughed it away. “I think it’s amazingly funny if the MPAA bought information like that, expensively, and against the US law. Only proves their stupidity and that they have no case,” he told TorrentFreak earlier.
TorrentSpy Won't Pay $111 Million Court Order, Lawyer Says | Threat Level from Wired.com
A day after a U.S. judge dinged TorrentSpy with one of the largest fines in copyright history, the lawyer for the torrent-tracking search engine said Thursday the $111 million judgment won't get paid.
TorrentSpy Slapped with $110 Million Judgement | TorrentFreak
TorrentSpy has been ordered to pay a $110 million fine by a federal judge in Los Angeles. The BitTorrent site was found guilty on the charges of copyright infringement of several movie studios represented by the MPAA.
Goodbye Torrentspy
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We have decided on our own, not due to any court order or agreement, to bring
the Torrentspy.com search engine to an end and thus we permanently closed down
worldwide on March 24, 2008.The legal climate in the USA for copyright, privacy of search requests, and
links to torrent files in search results is simply too hostile. We spent the
last two years, and hundreds of thousands of dollars, defending the rights of
our users and ourselves.Ultimately the Court demanded actions that in our view were inconsistent with
our privacy policy, traditional court rules, and International law; therefore,
we now feel compelled to provide the ultimate method of privacy protection for
our users - permanent shutdown.
TorrentSpy Shuts Down | TorrentFreak
A little over a year ago, TorrentSpy.com was still the most visited BitTorrent site, but times have changed. After an expensive two year battle with the MPAA, TorrentSpy decided to throw in the towel and the site has now shut down permanently.
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By the end of 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.
In a response to this decision - and to ensure the privacy of their users - TorrentSpy decided that it was best to block access to all users from the US. This led to a huge decrease in traffic and revenue.
This was not enough for the MPAA, who argued that TorrentSpy had ignored the court decision. The legal battle continued, and this eventually led to a preventative closure of the site by Justin, to protect the privacy of its users.
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