TorrentSpy Fined $110 Million
Category: Copyright InfringersPosted: May 8, 2008 08:13AM
Author: jammin
File sharing portal TorrentSpy has been ordered to pay $110 million to the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) for copyright infringement. The District Judge ruled that TorrentSpy should pay $30,000 for each of the 3,699 infringements shown and comes after the site was shut down on March 24th. The fact that the judgment is so large should send a strong message to other similar sites and highlight that what they do is illegal, at least that is what I imagine the MPAA is hoping. TorrentSpy's parent company and owners have filed for bankruptcy. This latest development cements the increasingly hostility that BitTorrent sites have been facing, though some notable examples (The Pirate Bay) still survive and have even re-opened after periods of downtime (Demonoid).
