TorrentSpy to Appeal $110 Million Judgment
Date : 2008 05 08 Category : Web News
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Site's attorney says the defunct BitTorrent tracker site filed for bankruptcy in England last week and can't afford to pay the amount ordered by the judge.
Yesterday I reported how the MPAA had won a $110 million USD judgment against the long defunct BitTorrent tracker site TorrentSpy for copyright infringement.
The award amounts to $30,000 per instance of copyright infringement, which was for some 3,699 movies and TV shows.
Now today in an interview with the site's attorney, Ira Rothken, it's being reported that they plan to appeal the amount of the judgment.
"What is really going on here is a Hollywood public-relations stunt," Rothken said.