Torrentspy Dinged $111 Million in MPAA Lawsuit

[Toby]

A federal judge is hitting the shuttered TorrentSpy service with a $111 million penalty for facilitating the infringement of thousands of copyrighted works.

U.S. District Judge Florence -Marie Cooper in Los Angeles, ruling in a case brought by the Motion Picture Association of America, said site operator Justin Bunnell and associates must pay the maximum $30,000 for "each of the 3,699 infringements shown."

Full article on WIRED (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/torrentspy-ding.html)

[Sexyteaser]

A federal judge is hitting the shuttered TorrentSpy service with a $111 million penalty for facilitating the infringement of thousands of copyrighted works.

U.S. District Judge Florence -Marie Cooper in Los Angeles, ruling in a case brought by the Motion Picture Association of America, said site operator Justin Bunnell and associates must pay the maximum $30,000 for "each of the 3,699 infringements shown."

Full article on WIRED (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/torrentspy-ding.html)

Wow that is a heavy hit! Can they afford that fine?