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Judge Rules TorrentSpy Destroyed Evidence

Come play kdice writes "A federal judge has handed the MPAA a resounding victory in its copyright infringement lawsuit against TorrentSpy. Judge Florence-Marie Cooper entered a default judgment against Justin Bunnell and the rest of the named defendants in Columbia Pictures et al. v. Justin Bunnell et al. after finding that TorrentSpy 'engaged in widespread and systematic efforts to destroy evidence'. After being sued, TorrentSpy mounted a vigorous defense, including a counter-suit it filed against the MPAA in May 2006, but, behind the scenes, the court documents paint a picture of a company desperately trying to bury any and all incriminating evidence. TorrentSpy has announced its intention to appeal, but its conduct makes a reversal unlikely."

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  1. Copyright law is broke. Burn it down. by FatSean · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Copyright laws has gone too far in protecting the content owner for too long. I see no reason to support current copyright law.

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  2. Re:Man, I love living in 21st century America! by Russell2566 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The CIA Destroyed tapes that had nothing to do with an investigation but instead to keep some Clinton leftover hack who cares more about who is in power than how it could be used as propaganda by our enemies. BTW: Tea and Cookies don't yield very good intel from Terrorists willing to blow up little children!