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MPAA is Awarded $110 Million In TorrentSpy Case

Posted by samzenpus on from the those-who-have-the-money-have-the-power dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The MPAA was awarded a staggering judgment in its case against the BitTorrent indexing site TorrentSpy. According to Slyck.com, a judge in California rendered a $110 million victory for the MPAA, and a permanent injunction against TorrentSpy."

6 of 523 comments (clear)

  1. nice while it lasted by Pres.+Ronald+Reagan · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only there were other sites to use. Oh well, BitTorrent was good while it lasted.

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  2. Seems like a fair judgement by kipin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dr. Evil: Shit. Oh hell, let's just do what we always do. Hijack some nuclear weapons and hold the world hostage. Yeah? Good! Gentlemen, it has come to my attention that a breakaway Russian Republic called Kreplachistan will be transferring a nuclear warhead to the United Nations in a few days. Here's the plan. We get the warhead and we hold the world ransom for... ONE MILLION DOLLARS!

    Number Two: Don't you think we should ask for *more* than a million dollars? A million dollars isn't exactly a lot of money these days. Virtucon alone makes over 9 billion dollars a year! Dr. Evil: Really? That's a lot of money.

    [pause]

    Dr. Evil: Okay then, we hold the world ransom for...

    Dr. Evil: One... Hundred... BILLION DOLLARS!

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  3. Finally! by DanWS6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those poor crew members will get reimbursed for the piracy that has hurt them and their families dearly. You know, the ones in the clips the theaters used to show before previews came on, where some older black guy was claiming how piracy hurts him and his family and every one involved in making a movie. It's quite possible they still show that clip but I wouldn't know since I stopped going to the theater last year because I was tired of the ridiculous ticket prices and lack of original movies the past few years.

  4. A wicked idea to pay them back by Weaselmancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Give them three pirated Britney Spears albums. Apparently that's worth about $110 million according to the RIAA.

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    rediculous.
  5. move to a foreign country? by Travoltus · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they did that, the US would somehow find Al Qaeda there and start bombing.

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  6. Re:Perspective by rhakka · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was walking down the street today and I had skipped lunch. That hobo I passed that didn't buy me a sandwich was a real asshole, eh?

    Now that would be an appropriate analogy, but only if the hobo were a quadriplegic schizophrenic crack addict and if I were, say, the sole owner of ConAgra foods. And we were standing in one of my Peter Pan Peanut Butter factories.

    asshole hobos.