RTV71, DamnedIfIknow, Liggy and SPINESHANK all used our news submit to tell us about a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, that if proven true in court, would put the MPAA in some hot water. In the PDF document linked below, we can read details of the accusation, that the MPAA knowingly hired a person for $15,000, to steal information in an effort obtain evidence of Torrentspy helping copyright violators. This includes hacking into their servers and even reading private emails.
The lawsuit has been filed by Valence Media, the parent company of Torrentspy. They are claiming (click for PDF), an unidentified person was approached by an MPAA executive and was asked to retrieve private information on Torrentspy.com, a search engine that directs people to download links. In the process, they say laws were broken. The MPAA is denying the allegations.
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"It is a Hollywood drama, what happened here," Ira Rothken, Torrentspy's attorney, said in a telephone interview Wednesday evening. The allegations come three months after the MPAA filed suit against Torrentspy and other directories for allegedly making it easier for pirates to distribute movies over the Internet. "These claims (by Torrentspy) are false," Kori Bernards, the MPAA's vice president of corporate communications, said in an e-mail to CNET News.com. "Torrentspy is trying to obscure the facts to hide the fact that they are facilitating thievery. We are confident that our lawsuit against them will be successful because the law is on our side." |
They have an admission of guilt from the hacker, but now I suppose they need to prove a solid link between him and the MPAA. This is a most interesting story indeed! Did the MPAA step over the line this time? We must keep an eye on it and see how it plays out. Thanks everyone, for bringing this to our attention. For those that wish to read the article in it's entirety at C|Net, simply follow this link!
Source: C|Net
[edited by rcacraman on 26.05.2006 21:26]
[edited by rcacraman on 26.05.2006 21:26]
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