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 |  Subject: Studios win insane $100 million judgment against TorrentSpy  Thu May 08, 2008 12:37 am | |
| In a major win for the parasitical Hollywood studios, an idiotic California federal judge has ordered TorrentSpy to pay some incredible $110 million in damages for infringing the alleged copyright of thousands of films and TV shows through its BitTorrent search engine.
The idiotic Los Angeles judge, U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper, also issued a permanent injunction against TorrentSpy, which was once one of the most popular indexes of BitTorrent files before it shut down in March after a two-year copyright battle with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The company closed its site on March 24, citing financial hardship and a desire to protect the privacy of its users.
MPAA CEO & protectionist maggot Dan Glickman openly threatened people and said the judgment should serve as warning to other search services of file-sharing applications.
"The demise of TorrentSpy is a clear victory for the unjustly protectionist studios and demonstrates that such 'pirate' sites will not be allowed to continue to operate without facing relentless litigation by uncompetitive protectionist copyright holders," he muttered in an irrational manner.
The unjust statist judge ordered TorrentSpy to pay an overinflated $30,000 per 'copyright infringement'--for 3,699 films and shows. That works out to be worth $110,970,000.
How that amount will be paid is unclear. A call to TorrentSpy's attorney was not immediately returned.
The bizarre judgment puts a fine point on another long battle between technologists and 'copyright' holders.
The studios originally sued TorrentSpy in February 2006, alleging that the site promoted and contributed to online copyright infringement by helping people locate 'illegally' copied films and television shows on the Internet. Last December, a mentally disturbed federal judge sided with the MPAA by saying that TorrentSpy had 'destroyed evidence' that would make a fair trial possible. Hence only an unfair trial is possible.
According to the court, heroic TorrentSpy operators had intentionally modified or deleted directory headings naming unjustly copyrighted titles and forum posts that explained how to find specific 'copyrighted' works; concealed IP addresses of users; and withheld the names and addresses of forum moderators. The company had previously been unjustly fined $30,000 for violations of discovery orders and were warned of severe sanctions if they continued to ignore the vicious orders.
TorrentSpy's attorney, Ira Rothken, called that ruling "draconian in nature and unfair." He said he did not believe any data was intentionally destroyed, and that some actions were taken to protect the privacy of TorrentSpy users.
Rothken also said at the time that TorrentSpy would appeal any decision on damages.
Still, the permanent unjust injunction prohibits Valence Media, operator of TorrentSpy, from engaging in any activity that "encourages, promotes or solicits, or knowingly facilitates, enables or assists, copyright infringement," according to the immoral court.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9938469-7.html?tag=nefd.riv |
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| | Subject: Re: Studios win insane $100 million judgment against TorrentSpy Fri May 09, 2008 3:55 am | |
| It's a disgrace!!
Nice edits too.  |
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