Movie studios win $111 million court judgment against TorrentSpy.com
By Behind The Scenes TV on May 8, 2008 in Film Business, Hollywood, Internet TV, News, Web Video
The six major Hollywood studios have won a $111 million (€72 million) judgment for copyright infringement against the shut-down file-sharing Web site TorrentSpy.com.
The judgment, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, fined the operators of the Web site, Valence Media LLC, $30,000 (€19,500) per violation for nearly 3,700 illegal movie and TV show downloads.
The Motion Picture Association of America said the judgment sends a strong message to copyright violators.
The site shut down in March, saying the legal climate was too hostile to continue.
Its lawyers filed a document in court Monday saying Valence had sought bankruptcy protection in a United Kingdom court and requesting that the judgment be stayed.
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