Peer-to-Peer File Sharing

Studios win $142m in TorrentSpy suit (Stuff)

9 May 2008

TorrentSpy bit the dust only weeks ago, shuttering its peer-to-peer file-sharing site. Now a US judge has ordered the company to pay the Motion Picture Association of America $US110 million ($NZ142 million) for infringement of thousands of copyrighted film and TV shows.

Students scolded for file-sharing (Middlebury Campus)

8 May 2008

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Home Box Office Inc. (HBO) have identified 90 total incidents of possible copyright infraction at the College since April 21, 2008. After Dean of the College Tim Spears alerted the College community by e-mail last week about the increased scrutiny with which the recording industry now monitors student activity, the two corporations have ...

Studios win $110 million in TorrentSpy suit (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

8 May 2008

TorrentSpy bit the dust only weeks ago, shuttering its peer-to-peer file-sharing site. Now a federal judge has ordered the company to pay the Motion Picture Association of America $110 million for infringement of thousands of copyrighted film and TV shows.