TorrentSpy loses Calif. copyright lawsuit

[NightWarrior]

TorrentSpy may be its own worst enemy.



A federal judge has ruled against the BitTorrent indexing service TorrentSpy.com saying that its hiding and destruction of evidence made a fair trial impossible.

A Los Angeles court agreed with the Motion Picture Association of America's attorneys that the extraordinarily harsh sanction of terminating the case was necessary because TorrentSpy operators' actions impacted the ability for the movie studios to prove its case.

TorrentSpy loses Calif. copyright lawsuit | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

 

[Dodge_Sniper]

Haha. Nice. Good to see some action is being taken.

Illegal copying and bootlegging costs the industry $11 billion globally, according to the MPAA.

That's way more than I would have guessed.

 

[NightWarrior]

Haha. Nice. Good to see some action is being taken.



That's way more than I would have guessed.

You have to factor in the amount of money they spend to fight it, not just the actual lost content.