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MPAA goes after TorrentSpy, comes back with 110 million big ones

by Natesh Sood on May 11, 2008 at 06:21 AM

TorrentSpy

Torrenting is used by many, and I’m sure everyone who torrents has used or at least heard of, TorrentSpy. The website has been closed down since March 24, 2008, and after the latest news its safe to say that it will remain down. Basically, their reason for shutting down is that they had lost too much money from court cases, and according to the statement on their site the “legal climate in the USA for copyright, privacy of search requests, and links to torrent files in search results is simply too hostile.” Now in the latest blow, the MPAA has come out victorious after going at TorrentSpy and not only did they win the court case, but also $110 million. Looks like this will keep them down.

Via [CrunchGear]

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  • Techotic from london said:

    This is really sad news for all of us.

    on May 11, 2008 at 06:55 AM - LINK
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