STUDIOS WIN $111 MILLION FROM BITTORRENT SITE

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STUDIOS WIN $111 MILLION FROM BITTORRENT SITE
Thursday, May 8 2008

The six major studios represented by the Motion Picture Association of America have won a copyright-infringement lawsuit against the file-sharing website TorrentSpy.com amounting to $111 million. The judgment awarded $30,000 to the studios for each of 3,699 illegal downloads. Faced with the legal burden of defending itself, TorrentSpy shut down in March. The fine is believed to be one of the largest ever involving copyright piracy. Last October a disgruntled former TorrentSpy associate, Robert Anderson, told Wired magazine that the MPAA paid him $15,000 for inside information about the website and that he eventually was able to hack into its email system and deliver banking, software, password and other confidential information to the MPAA.

CANADIAN TV EMBRACES BITTORRENT
Thursday, March 20 2008
BitTorrent, the file-sharing technology that is the bane of the movie industry and TV networks, which claim that it facilitates piracy, has been embraced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. The CBC announced Wednesday that on March 24th it will become the first major broadcaster in North America to release a high quality, DRM-free copy of a primetime show using BitTorrent technology. The Canadian network said that it plans to make the final episode of its (more)

MPAA WANTS FCC TO ALLOW 'MANAGED' INTERNET FLOW
Monday, March 3 2008
The Motion Picture Association of America does not want the FCC to hinder Internet service providers' ability to "manage" the flow of bandwidth-heavy downloads on their systems. In a filing with the commission, the studio group said, "Allowing Internet-service providers to address capacity and piracy abuses is the best way of providing consumers with a dynamic, content-rich broadband experience." As reported by Broadcasting & Cable magazine, NBCU said in a separate filing that a "tidal (more)