Studios win $111 million judgment against TorrentSpy.com
The six major Hollywood studios have won a $111 million judgment for copyright infringement against the shut-down file-sharing site TorrentSpy.com.
The judgment, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, charged the operators of the Web site, Valence Media, $30,000 per violation.
It applied to nearly 3,700 illegal 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 United Kingdom court and requested the judgment be stayed.
