Studios win $111 million judgment against TorrentSpy.com
Wed May 7, 5:47 PM ET
The judgment, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, fined the operators of the Web site, Valence Media LLC, $30,000 per violation for nearly 3,700 illegal movie and TV show downloads.
The Motion Picture Association of America said the judgment sends a strong message to copyright violators.
The site shut down in March, saying the legal climate was too hostile to continue.
Its lawyers filed a document in court Monday saying Valence had sought bankruptcy protection in a United Kingdom court and requesting that the judgment be stayed.
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