Posted by: Michael on Wed, May 07th, 2008
A Los Angeles US District Judge has ordered TorentSpy to pay $100 Million for infringing copyrights of thousands of films and TV Shows, and also issued a permanent injunction against the site which shut down back in March.
MPAA CEO Dan Glickman told News.com “The demise of TorrentSpy is a clear victory for the studios and demonstrates that such pirate sites will not be allowed to continue to operate without facing relentless litigation by copyright holders.”
The judge ordered TorrentSpy to pay $30,000 per copyright infringement--for 3,699 films and shows. That works out to be worth $110,970,000.
Comments: (2)
Chris on Wed, May 07th, 2008 at 07:07 PM
That is a lot of simoleons.
Torentlover on Tue, May 13th, 2008 at 01:53 AM
they won’t pay a dime.
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