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Originally Posted by BlackEleven
On another note, you have to wonder about what kind of prescedence is being set here. Torrentspy itself contained exactly zero copyrighted material. None whatsoever. It merely indexes it.
Google indexes pirated material as well. If you search for copyrighted material in Google, you will surely find it. In fact, you could use Google to search TorrentSpy instead of using the site itself, if you really wanted to. How is that any different? Anyone that indexes material on the Internet can't be happy about this at all.
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The wierd thing is that it sets no legal precedent because it never had it's day in court. The judge simply ruled in December that she sided with the MPAA's case. The MPAA claimed that Torrentspy deleted data so that it couldn't have a fair trial. Torrentspy says it was just protecting the identities and privacy of it's users. The draconian judge said she agreed with the MPAA on that and just terminated the case and found in their favor.