Filesharing Review > 2006: MPAA vs. BitTorrent Sites

Torrentfreakhttp://torrentfreak.com [ Torrentfreak] Torrentspy later sued the MPAA because an alleged hacker, hired by the MPAA, retrieved private information from the BitTorrent indexer. The hacker admitted that he was working for the MPAA, and that his job was to steal confidential e-mail, and other company secrets.

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http://susanmernit.blogspot.com [Susanmernit.blogspot.com] Susan Mernit's Blog: Mark Pesce on BitTorrent: This evening the members of the MPAA must be feeling quite satisfied with themselves - they see this danger as passed; never again will BitTorrent threaten .

Infoanarchy.org[Infoanarchy.org] Main Page - iA wiki: Join us on IRC: #infoanarchy on irc.oftc.net ”” channel blog .http://www.mvgroup.org/ for high quality educational and political content on BitTorrent.

Hackaday.com[Hackaday.com] distributed bittorrent - Hack A Day: torrent file will be retreived directly from the database. I think this system will be great for people publishing their original works since they won't have to provide lots of bandwidth or rely on someone's flakey tracker.

Rushkoff.com[Rushkoff.com] :: Douglas Rushkoff - Weblog ::: A lot of people I know use BitTorrent for finding (not yet liscensed) anime fansubs, and the top resource for these kind of BT links http://www.animesuki.com/) is still there. The industry doesn't really mind stuff like this because most are respectful enough to stop trading once a given show/film is licensed for region 1 distribution.

[Drunkendata.com] DrunkenData.com » Blog Archive » MPAA Hack Attack: The Motion Picture Association of America is being sued by TorrentSpy, a bit torrent site, of hiring a hacker to get the dirt on the site’s managers who are sharing hashes that enable folks to download movies, applications, TV episodes, and just about anything else you want. Reported in eWeek, a lawsuit has been filed by the bit torrent house.

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