TorrentSpy to Appeal the $110M Fine for Copyright Infringement
	Although the court ruled that TorrentSpy must pay a fine of $110 million to MPAA and some of you thought that the lawsuit was finally over, it seems like the dispute will continue because the BitTorrent website decided to appeal the decision. According to AFP, a TorrentSpy lawyer said they would appeal the court ruling, so the lawsuit will go on. The MPAA saw the ruling as a real victory and said that it should be the best exampl ... [read more >>]
	09 May 2008, 05:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Illegal DVD Factory Found in Malaysia
	The fight against movie and software piracy has just recorded another win as the MPA along with the help of other organizations, including here the Malaysian Federation Against Copyright Theft, managed to shut down an illegal DVD facility located in Kajang, Malaysia. According to a press statement signed by the MPAA, the factory had the abilities to produce no less than seven million illegal discs per year, recording revenues of ... [read more >>]
	09 May 2008, 03:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Pirate Bay Asked to Pay $15M for Pirated Movies
	The battle between The Pirate Bay and MPAA continues with a new dispute: this time, the Motion Pictures Association of America demands damages of no less than $15.4 million due to the fact that the BitTorrent website published pirated copies of several of its movies and allowed Internet users to download them. According to ... [read more >>]
	09 May 2008, 02:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

TorrentSpy Fined $110 Millions for Copyright Infringement
	The battle against BitTorrent websites suspected of copyright infringement and distribution of pirated material reached another milestone yesterday when the movie studios, represented by the MPAA, won the lawsuit against TorrentSpy. The legal dispute was started a long time ago when, just like many other BitTorrent services on the web, TorrentSpy was sued for copyright infringement, MPAA making serious efforts to shut down its se ... [read more >>]
	08 May 2008, 02:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

IsoHunt: “No, We Do Not Infringe Copyright!”
	The fight against BitTorrent websites which are accused of copyright infringement continues with a new duel, this time between IsoHunt and MPAA(Motion Picture Association of America). IsoHunt was quite reticent in the last few months, probably due to the fact that all people concentrated on The Pirate Bay and on its efforts to improve its image. In a post on the official website, IsoHunt replies to the MPAA accusations that it ... [read more >>]
	05 May 2008, 06:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

ISPs To MPAA: 'Go Away!' File Sharers Excited
	A few days ago, Simonsen Advokatfirma, a law firm asked the Norwegian ISPs to ban the local file-sharing users, as a move to fight against piracy and illegal software distribution. The request sounded unacceptable but, in the letter they had sent to the ISPs, the lawyers explained that the providers have the obligation to help authorities fight against illegal activity. Well, the Norwegian ISP association, namely IKT Norway, toda ... [read more >>]
	11 April 2008, 06:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

TorrentSpy Permanently Shut Down!
	The dispute between the MPAA and TorrentSpy, a very popular BitTorrent website, has begun a long time ago after TorrentSpy was accused of promoting and enhancing illegal downloads to users in the entire world. Today, it may look like the folks at MPAA have won the battle with their rivals as TorrentSpy announced the permanent shutdown, a decision imposed by the administrators of the service and not by the judge’s ruling, as the T ... [read more >>]
	28 March 2008, 06:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Downloading Study Proved Wrong!
	The study that the Motion Picture Association of America commissioned in 2005 regarding the domestic losses showed that a stunning 44 percent of those came because of illegal movie downloading done by college students. The MPAA rained fire on the colleges, urging them to limit the bandwidth or to willingly take drastic measures to prevent that from ever happening again, or else it would throw its weight behind the legislation before the Ho ... [read more >>]
	23 January 2008, 10:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

TorrentSpy Loses Legal Dispute against MPAA
	Judge Florence-Marie Cooper, of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, terminated the TorrentSpy case, ruling that the BitTorrent search engine infringed the MPAA copyright. In addition, TorrentSpy was criticized for destroying evidence which could be used in court. According to MPAA, the judge said that the evidence was "not deleted or modified negligently, but intentionally in direct response to t ... [read more >>]
	19 December 2007, 09:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Two More Piracy Websites to Be Shut Down
	Two more websites accused of distribution of pirated movies are about to be closed as The Motion Picture Association Of America filed a lawsuit against them. It seems like both Cinematube and Ssupload are allowing the users to view and download BoxOffice movies which are currently in theaters, many of them being created by MPAA. According to Reuters, the two pages are accused of copyright infringement since numerous videos such a ... [read more >>]
	28 September 2007, 04:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

MPAA Lobbyist Valenti Is Dead
	Jack Valenti, the politician, the movie mogul and the star, passed away on Thursday, in his home, after a one-week hospitalization following a stroke. He was 85 but he was still younger and more energetic than most of the stars and businessmen he befriended along the years. Valenti began his career as President Johnson's special assistant, immediately after JFK's death. In fact, he was in one of the cars that escorte ... [read more >>]
	27 April 2007, 07:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia