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MPAA wins $111m from bankrupt TorrentSpy

MPAA wins $111m from bankrupt TorrentSpyMessage has been deleted.Every time you shut one down, 10 will take its place...How about changing your business model to fit with new world technology. P2P is a monster that the MPAA and RIAA created. They created it by price fixing and raping...

Tags: MPAA, RIAA, TorrentSpy

Discussion threads 2008-05-08

MPAA wins $111m from bankrupt TorrentSpy

A federal judge in L.A. awarded the Motion Picture Association of America a $111 million judgment against TorrentSpy.com, the file-sharing site that shut down in March, AP reports. TorrentSpy operators Valence Media LLC were hit for $30,000 per violation for nearly 3,700 illegal movie and TV shows. ...

Tags: MPAA, TorrentSpy, Peer To Peer (P2P), Litigation, Internet, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-07

BitTorrent Toolbar - TorrentSeek 1 (Windows)

Get latest and best bit torrents files from TorrentSpy, ISOHunt, Torrent Portal and more, on your browser Plus more on the toolbar, Direct search on Google, Yahoo, TorrentSpy, ISOHunt and more, Bit torrents file ticker; RSS feeds on latest torrents; Torrent Chat; Email notifier for Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo and POP3...

Tags: BitTorrent, Yahoo! Inc., Toolbar, Microsoft Windows, TorrentSpy, ToolbarPro, E-mail, RSS, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail Providers, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Internet

Software downloads 2008-02-27

Judge finds TorrentSpy destroyed evidence, rules for MPAA

Judge finds TorrentSpy destroyed evidence, rules for MPAAand courts should be aware that the public is fed up with Mpaa tactics! (nt:).RE: Judge finds TorrentSpy destroyed evidence, rules for MPAAFirst of all, @wessonjoe: The way to win in court is to be better-behaved than your adversary, not worse-behaved.Second, it seems...

Tags: Games, SECURITY, TorrentSpy, MPAA, interrogation, CIA

Discussion threads 2007-12-20

Judge finds TorrentSpy destroyed evidence, rules for MPAA

Did TorrentSpy.com traffic in illegal copyright infringement? We may never know for sure since a lawsuit brought by the MPAA against the torrent download site was not decided on its merits, but TorrentSpy's behavior in the case certainly suggests it wasn't feeling too confident. The court in...

Tags: MPAA, Defendant, TorrentSpy, Network Technology, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-12-19

If yesterday's ruling holds, TorrentSpy must die

If yesterday's ruling holds, TorrentSpy must dieI might agree that...... torrentspy.com should be shut down but not that torrents should be made illegal. I use them regularly for downloading my Linux ISOs and it would be very inconvenient to not be able to use them. Classifying torrents as a 'den...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, TorrentSpy

Discussion threads 2007-12-19

If yesterday's ruling holds, TorrentSpy must die

If, as I think likely, TorrentSpy.com loses its appeals, then that's one more piece of corroboration to my long-held believe that the torrents are dens of thieves. Not only that, but that would mark one more reason why, at least in my book,...

Tags: Evidence, Deletion, TorrentSpy, Productivity, Network Technology, Networking, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-19

Legal woes mount for TorrentSpy

Legal woes mount for TorrentSpyTally another loss of liberties - this is getting oldI understand that they want to protect copyrighted information. That's the law, and it's not possible for someone to actually claim that copyrighted material should be free to anyone - that goes against the purpose of...

Tags: Servers, Now IT, e-mail, Legal Woe, TorrentSpy, media, server

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

Court rules against TorrentSpy in hacking case

Court rules against TorrentSpy in hacking caseWell, does it keep the people who's e-mails were soldfrom suing both the seller and the buyer, not just the TorrentSpy company? As far as moral high ground, the MPAA and the RIAA have never really sat up there, always look lower, much...

Tags: Government, SECURITY, privacy, TorrentSpy, GOP, MPAA, RIAA, hacking

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

TorrentSpy shuts down in the U.S.

TorrentSpy shuts down in the U.S.the dmca isnt that bad after all huh?loggin your ramz.torrent spy sucked anywaysThere are so many better torrent sites out there, its funny. One dies and 3 others rise in its place.And another one bites the dust.Go ahead, rant all you like, won't change a...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, TorrentSpy, MPAA, software

Discussion threads 2007-08-27

TorrentSpy lawyer battling 'copyright extremism'

TorrentSpy lawyer battling 'copyright extremism'If someone ordered me to give the contents of my RAMI'd pull the RAM from the machine and send it to them.Smart manThe effectiveness of any law depends on public buy-in and voluntary compliance this is particularly true of taxation and franchise monopolies, so it stands...

Tags: Memory, RAM, TorrentSpy

Discussion threads 2007-07-31

EFF filing brief in TorrentSpy case

EFF filing brief in TorrentSpy caseM$ and HARDWARE DRMI took a colleague of yours to task over the existence of HARDWARE DRM in Vista. He claimed " there's no such animal ". I showed him MICROSOFTS' OWN SPECIFICATIONS on HARDWARE DRM. The significance here is obvious: The MPAA/RIAA/LEGAL MAFIA claims...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware DRM, Microsoft Corp., TorrentSpy, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Discussion threads 2007-06-25

EFF filing brief in TorrentSpy case

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has plans to file an amicus brieffor TorrentSpy as it defends itself against copyright violation charges filed by the Motion Picture Association of America, reports CNET News.comThe case is notable because TorrentSpy had attempted to guard against lawsuits by simply not logging any user information. But...

Tags: Privacy, Courts

Blog posts 2007-06-21

TorrentSpy ruling a 'weapon of mass discovery'

TorrentSpy ruling a 'weapon of mass discovery'Evidence from RAMGood luck bringing it to court. I'd like to see them unplug the server and haul it into the judge. The dunce. And we wonder how we end up with these technologically inept laws and judgments. We have individuals sitting on the...

Tags: Memory, RAM, MPAA, TorrentSpy, Here Ya Go

Discussion threads 2007-06-14

Judge: TorrentSpy must turn over logs in RAM

Judge: TorrentSpy must turn over logs in RAMThank You!Amercian, for providing us with real life sopranno. The Digital Mafia (MPAA/RIAA) once again show the world that they can buy any judge they want and that everyone have a price. Internet Users kiss you privacy goodby and remember next time your...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Memory, Digital media, TorrentSpy, RAM

Discussion threads 2007-06-12

Judge: TorrentSpy must turn over logs in RAM

The fight for music and music distribution rights continues to drone on as the MPAA strategizes new ways to bring the illegal downloaders to justice. The latest wrinkle, reports News.com, is that a judge has ruled that evidence of an electronic trail that shows up briefly in a computer server's...

Tags: Government technology

Blog posts 2007-06-12

TorrentSpy ordered to start tracking visitors

TorrentSpy ordered to start tracking visitorsWhy the fear?I mean no one is doing anything illegal, right?lol.. yea.. not a us company.. doesnt have to deal with usThere are cases of torrent sites ignoring US laws and us not being able to do anything about it.This will just be another one.I...

Tags: Web site, TorrentSpy

Discussion threads 2007-06-11

Torrentspy names alleged MPAA hacker

Torrentspy names alleged MPAA hackerWell what did they expect him to do?" the contract specifies that the MPAA expected information to be obtained through legal means."He was their agent. Maybe they can sue him for breach of contract, but acting as their agent he allegedly broke the law. I...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Hacking, Digital media, TorrentSpy, MPAA

Discussion threads 2006-06-22

Dramatic turns in the MPAA battle against movie piracy

Three months after the Motion Picture Association of America expanded its courtroom battles against unauthorized movie file downloading and began suing informational Web services, in addition to sites actually enabling unauthorized movie file sharing, Torrentspy has responded with a countersuit, of sorts.Torrentspy, which calls itself “the largest BitTorrent search engine,”...

Tags: MPAA, TorrentSpy, movie

Blog posts 2006-05-25

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Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: Review: Verizon UM150 USB EV-DO modem Gallery right. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from Sun News.com: AMD revises server road map Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: How long can AMD...

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Blog posts 2008-05-08