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NEWS ABOUT: torrents

torrents stories: 2 news summaries

 Pirate Bay Founders Get 
 Jail, Fines for File Sharing 

File-sharing site team gets year in jail, must pay $3.6M to firms

Apr 17, 09 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a big win for the movie and music business, four men behind the file-sharing service The Pirate Bay, including its two founders, have been found guilty of making copyrighted files available for downloading, CNET reports. A Swedish court sentenced each to a year in jail; the men must also... More »

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entertainment • Sweden • BitTorrent • The Pirate Bay • torrents • copyright infringement

Studios Win Suit Against TorrentSpy

Site allows users abroad to find, download films

Dec 19, 07 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A federal judge has put an early end to a copyright infringement trial, finding online file-sharing service TorrentSpy.com liable for movie piracy. In a victory for Paramount Pictures and other film studios, the Los Angeles court ruled that the operators of TorrentSpy destroyed evidence and made false statements under... More »

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copyright law • Los Angeles • Amsterdam • Paramount Pictures • TorrentSpy • torrents

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