Bit Torrents

24 January 2008

By Ben Evans

A website which helped users exchange 'bit-torrents' of films, music and television programmes has lost a US copyright case.

The site, TorrentSpy was targeted by the MPAA who's executive vice president has this to say: "The sole purpose of TorrentSpy and sites like it is to facilitate and promote the unlawful dissemination of copyrighted content. TorrentSpy is a one-stop shop for copyright infringement."

Ben Evans is an Intellectual Property Executive at Lawdit.


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