14 DAY TRIAL // In a new episode of legal battle with Motion Picture Association of America, TorrentSpy accused the organization of using illicit practices in order to obtain information relating to the inner workings of Valence Media, the company that hosts the tracker. TorrentSpy filed a legal request in which it demands the return of all stolen documents and the names of the persons that had access to them.
In its effort to shut down TorrontSpy.com, a popular torrent tracker based on peer-to-peer technology, MPAA sued the company that manages the site over copyright infringement because it facilitates download of copyright protected products. MPAA took it a step further and hired a hacker to steal data and a private detective firm to snoop through Valence's garbage in order to obtain compromising evidence.
In court, TorrentSpy reveled the name of the hacker identified as: Robert Anderson, a Canadian who alleges that MPAA paid him $15.000 for the stolen data among which are: e-mails, client billing information, IP addresses of servers, cash flow spreadsheets and personal utility bills of the company's employees.
MPAA's answer brought no surprise as the organization denied the allegations considering them baseless and part of a strategy to shift the focus from the lawsuit filed in January.