File-sharing site told to pay studios
The six major Hollywood studios have won a $111-million judgment for copyright infringement against shut-down file-sharing website TorrentSpy.com.
The judgment, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, charged the operator of the website, Valence Media, $30,000 per violation.
It applied to nearly 3,700 movie and TV show downloads.
The Motion Picture Assn. of America said the judgment sends a strong message to copyright violators.
The site shut itself down in March, saying the legal climate was too hostile to continue.
The site’s lawyers on Monday also filed a court paper saying Valence had sought bankruptcy protection in a British court and requested that the judgment be stayed.
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