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Date:
2008-05-08
Time: 14:14:58
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File-sharing site TorrentSpy has been ordered
to pay $110m (£56m) in damages to the Motion
Picture Association of America for copyright
infringement.
The ruling from a court in the United States
comes just weeks after the website shut
down.
TorrentSpy facilitated the illegal sharing of
copyright files by hosting a collection of
links to films and music.
TorrentSpy parent company Valence Media and
its owners Justin Bunnell and Wes Park have
filed for bankruptcy.
The MPAA first began legal action against the
website in February 2006.
"This substantial money judgement sends a
strong message about the illegality of these
sites," said Dan Glickman, chairman of the
MPAA.
"The demise of TorrentSpy is a clear victory
for the studios."
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 a four-page ruling, US District Judge
Florence-Marie Cooper said that TorrentSpy
had to pay $30,000 for "each of the 3,699
infringements shown".
The judgement is one of the largest fines
ever handed down for copyright theft.
TorrentSpy shut down on 24 March and the
website now has a message saying it has
closed as "the ultimate method of privacy
protection".
It states: "The legal climate in the USA for
copyright, privacy of search requests, and
links to torrent files in search results is
simply too hostile."
Source: BBC.
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