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TorrentSpy Fined $110 Millions for Copyright Infringement
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Softpedia
- 5/11/2008
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The battle against BitTorrent websites suspected of copyright infringement and distribution of pirated material reached another milestone yesterday when the movie studios, represented by the MPAA, won the lawsuit against TorrentSpy. The legal dispute was started a long time ago when, just like many
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TorrentSpy Faces Hefty, $110 Million Infringement Penalty May-08
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Digital Music News
- 5/11/2008
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Some less-than-legal startups make it to the promised land, while others just land in court. In the case of BitTorrent tracking giant TorrentSpy, the result has been anything but rosy. On Thursday, a federal judge ordered the company to pay $110 million in damages to the Motion Picture Association
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TorrentSpy to Appeal the $110M Fine for Copyright Infringement
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Softpedia
- 5/11/2008
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Although the court ruled that TorrentSpy must pay a fine of $110 million to MPAA and some of you thought that the lawsuit was finally over, it seems like the dispute will continue because the BitTorrent website decided to appeal the decision. According to AFP, a TorrentSpy lawyer said they would app
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TorrentSpy told to pay $111 million to media companies
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TechWhack
- 5/11/2008
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Motion Picture Association of America has now won a major lawsuit against the torrent search engine service TorrentSpy.com. Incidentally, TorrentSpy has already closed their operations. The service has been told to pay $30,000 per violation for nearly 3,700 illegal movies and TV show downloads. MPAA
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largest fines in copyright infringement history
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AfterDawn.com
- 5/11/2008
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eeks ago BitTorrent site TorrentSpy was shut down by parent company Valance Media LLC, replaced with a message explaining that the owners 'feel compelled to provide the ultimate method of privacy protection for our users - permanent shutdown.' TorrentSpy's demise is the result of a MPAA victory in U
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TorrentSpy will not be paying $110 million USD fine
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AfterDawn.com
- 5/11/2008
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er being hit with one of the , a lawyer for the now dead torrent search engine TorrentSpy has said and they will not be able to pay the fine. The fine, $110 million USD, was ordered two days ago by a judge, following a high profile case brought forth by the Motion Picture Association of America (MP
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Judge Asks TorrentSpy to Pay $110 Million to MPAA
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The Money Times
- 5/10/2008
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One of the beneficiaries of the TorrentSpy shut down has been the Motion Picture Association of America. In a final ruling that ran into four pages, U.S. District Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper on Wednesday ordered TorrentSpy to pay the MPAA $110 million for copyright infringement issues related
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Judge Says She'll Order 'SF Weekly' to Pay Millions More to 'Bay Guardian'
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Editor & Publisher
- 5/10/2008
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SAN FRANCISCO A San Francisco judge said Friday that she would likely issue an injunction barring the SF Weekly newspaper from selling cut-rate advertising as a way of putting the competing San Francisco Bay Guardian out of business. Superior Court Judge Marla Miller also indicated during a hearing
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Vick Ordered to Pay Bank $2.4 Million
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11 Alive
- 5/10/2008
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A federal judge in Virginia has ordered imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick to repay more than $2.4 million to a Canadian bank for defaulting on a loan. The Royal Bank of Canada sued Vick in September, arguing his guilty plea to federal dogfighting charges -- and the resulting
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TorrentSpy ordered to pay $110 million
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CD Freaks
- 5/10/2008
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The MPAA along with Hollywood studios have made a major victory when a Los Angeles federal judge has ordered the file sharing website Torrent Spy to for copyright infringement involving thousands of movies and TV shows. This comes just weeks after the website shut itself down on March 24th. The cou
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