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Federal Judge Rules Against "Obstreperous" TorrentSpy

Tuesday, December 18, 2007
by  alexandra

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) won a decisive victory against TorrentSpy this week, after a judge terminated the case.  US District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper found that TorrentSpy had destroyed, withheld or modified important evidence, and determined that a fair trial was impossible. 

The group was accused of tampering  with evidence like server logs, IP addresses, and usernames.  "Defendants' conduct during discovery in this case has been obstreperous," the judge declared.  "They have engaged in widespread and systematic efforts to destroy evidence and have provided false testimony under oath in an effort to hide evidence of such destruction."

The result is an MPAA victory, though TorrentSpy indicated that it would appeal.  That will be a difficult protest, especially given the now-sullied reputation of the group.  The case started in February of 2006, and TorrentSpy closed access to US-based visitors several months later.  TorrentSpy is a leading BitTorrent indexing service, one that helps users locate and download specific files.

 

 

    



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