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Court Slaps TorrentSpy With $110 Mil Judgment
A federal judge in Los Angeles on Wednesday handed down a $110 million judgment for the infringement of thousands of copyrighted motion pictures and television shows and issued a permanent injunction banning the defendant TorrentSpy from further infringement actions.
The win for big Hollywood studios was the second defeat for TorrentSpy in the case. Last year the same court entered a default order and found the Web site's operators liable for copyright infringement. TorrentSpy was shut down in March. A message on the site said it was closed down because "the legal climate in the USA for copyright, privacy of search requests, and links to torrent files in search results is simply too hostile."
“This substantial money judgment sends a strong message about the illegality of these sites,” said Motion Picture Association of America chief Dan Glickman. "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."
Posted by Andrew on May 7, 2008 02:55 PM | Permalink
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