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MPAA Seeks $15 Million From The Pirate Bay

Posted by Soulskill on from the pushing-their-luck dept.

praps writes "Having tasted blood with its victory over TorrentSpy, the MPAA is now stepping up its attack on The Pirate Bay. The association is claiming damages of over $15 million, based on The Pirate Bay's distribution of four films and a TV series — Harry Potter, The Pink Panther, Syriana, Walk the Line and the first season of Prison Break. The Swedish court is unlikely to be as generous as the one in California, although the four Pirate Bay founders are already facing charges of being accessories to breaking copyright law." TorrentSpy, in the meantime, has declined to pay the settlement awarded to the MPAA on Wednesday. In addition to appealing the decision, they have filed for bankruptcy.

7 of 110 comments (clear)

  1. Who would day by badran · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah right, who would want to Pay to watch those movies and that TV show...

  2. Entertainment by halcyon1234 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sending legal threats to the Pirate Bay, MPAA? Yeah, how's that working out for you?

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    UTF-8: There and Back Again
    1. Re:Entertainment by RiotingPacifist · · Score: 2, Funny
      Truely a great site, for when your board:

      Hello and thank you for contacting us. We have shut down the website in
      question.

      Oh wait, just kidding. We haven't, since the site in question is fully
      legal. Unlike certain other countries, such as the one you're in, we have
      sane copyright laws here. But we also have polar bears roaming the
      streets and attacking people :-(.

      Hello, my dear sir(s)!
      We all like Evangelion a lot. This, however, does not mean that we like
      YOU.

      Dear Sir(s), Madam(s), and/or Slimemold(s), ....
      I would also advise you to
      a) not write the subject all in UPPERCASE, as it makes spam filters go
      nuts
      b) not attach meaningless data from trademark registrys in PDF format
      and
      c) stop lying.

      Please sue me in Japan instead. I've always wanted to visit Tokyo.
      Also, I'm running out of toilet paper, so please send lots of legal documents
      to our ISP - preferably printed on soft paper.
      No, but seriously. That's simply not how international law enforcement
      works. Using the same logic, a country where web sites are forbidden could
      press charges against you for having one. Dont suppose anybody could recomend a good sweedish -> english translator, for the few that are in sweedish?
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      IranAir Flight 655 never forget!
  3. Re:A solution... by statemachine · · Score: 4, Funny

    To quote Orwell, "The Proles will never revolt." As long as we HAVE our X-Factor, our America's Next Top Model, our Pop Idol, and our never ending Lost series, we'll let them do whatever the fuck they want. Bah... Baaaah...
    Why didn't you also mention "Big Brother" -- the popular TV show that makes this so ironic?
  4. Re:A solution... by MadMidnightBomber · · Score: 5, Funny

    Today on Big Brother: Winston finally comes to love Big Brother and then gets shot in the back of the head. The rest of the housemates fight over how to divvy up his possessions.

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    "It doesn't cost enough, and it makes too much sense."
  5. Re:TorrentSpy by ElizabethGreene · · Score: 3, Funny

    With the way the economy is going, it might be funnier just to pay it.. 15M us is like what, $100 Euro? o_O

    -ellie

    (Yes, I realize the exchange rate is actually closer to 1.75:1 but reality isn't always funny without hyperbole.)

  6. Re:Posters please remember PiratByran is SWEDISH ! by Mongoose+Disciple · · Score: 3, Funny

    PyratByran is run by Swedes. Sweden is not part of the United States. Your silly American laws do not apply in Sweden.

    That's true, right up to the point that Al-Qaeda operatives are revealed to be hiding in TPB's server room and Sweden is declared part of the Axis of Evil.

    Give it time, the American military-industrial complex will figure out some way to bone Sweden over it, even if it screws itself more in the process.