ThePitt Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 TorrentSpy, one of the world?s largest torrent dump sites, has been ordered by a federal judge to monitor its users iorder to create detailed logs of their activities which must then be handed over to the MPAAb>.On May 29, TorrentSpy - one of the web?s most famous .torrent dump sites was told by federal judge Jacqueline Chooljian in the Central District of California that despite the site?s privacy policy which states they will never monitor their visitors without consent, they must start creating logs detailing their user?s activities. Understandably, this is a worrying move by the court - even more so when one considers these logs must then be turned over to the MPAA. This is believed to be the first time a judge has ordered a defendant to log visitor activity and then hand over the information to the plaintiff. The decision - arrived at last month but under seal - could force sites that are defendants in a law suit to track the actions of their visitors. The owners have been granted a stay of the order in order to make an appeal, which must be filed by June 12, says Ira Rothken, TorrentSpy?s attorney. “It is likely that TorrentSpy would turn off access to the U.S. before tracking its users,” said Rothken. “If this order were allowed to stand, it would mean that Web sites can be required by discovery judges to track what their users do even if their privacy policy says otherwise.” http://torrentfreak.com/torrentspy-ordered...lf-of-the-mpaa/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 **** the MPAA and that stupid Judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 MPAA sucks and never gets any money out of this.... they lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted June 9, 2007 Veteran Share Posted June 9, 2007 Hmmm :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebiacsi Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Stay away from torrentspy sounds like the order of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzibuddy Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Haha, so owned. This should teach you folks not to pirate again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badtz-Maru Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Haha, so owned.This should teach you folks not to pirate again... look at his username also. good for the judge, good for real BT pirates. no one really uses torrentspy anyways, except for the newbies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I do use torrentspy occasionally, guess I'll have to stay away from it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakey Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 bonzi is part of the mpaa.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_onion Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 so if this happened they would only be tracking people using the site in the US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remix17 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 This sucks and such unusual order might turn into chain reaction. Then every other site and service might follow the same fate. **** you, MPAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Sounds like they need to get some servers in another country. I hear Eastern Europe is a good place :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shof Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 torrentspy always sucked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin001 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I havnt been near Torrentspy in along long time! Private Trackers FTW :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeroday Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Back to newsgroups and irc for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Natan Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 :laugh: @ public torrent tracker users :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SacrificialSoldier Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Yeah, well **** the MPAA! Torrentspy was good while it lasted! There are better sites but TS was nice to have around when needed. A chain reaction is NOT what we need. That would SO suck! But oh well. Hope that Judge has a nice day! (followed by a heart attack!!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I can't believe you people are getting ****y over someone trying to stop piracy. Who the hell cares what the MPAA does? It's still their products and people are still breaking the law by downloading instead of properly purchasing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtreme2damax Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I havnt been near Torrentspy in along long time! Private Trackers FTW :p Where can I find these Private Trackers? :p Seriously the MPAA, RIAA can go to hell. Anyone of you who think otherwise can fizzle out with the MPAA and RIAA and meet your doom. Theres nothing I hate more than a bunch of hypocrites who act as if they've never pirated anything in their entire lives or never will just to cover their asses satisfying their e-penis and ego. Everyone that uses a Computer has at least downloaded something that is copyrighted at least once in their lives even if on purpose or unknowingly, unless your an old fart who doesn't care about this and only is interested in seeing the latest newscast, and even then I seriously have my doubts. If I were torrentspy, I'd just say **** the US and and the judge, and move the servers to another country where this doesn't apply. In fact I'm even so sick of living in this country I'm planning to move to another country as soon as I get the funds to do so. As long as the content isn't stored on the server and just the torrents, they have no quarrel or right to impede on or impose this against torrentspy. I mean the torrents can contain anything once downloaded. Just because it contains the name of hollywood movie or song, it doesn't mean it is. It could be a virus, or it could be something completely different. I doubt they have someone working 24 hour shifts, everyday or week to download every file that may reference a hollywood movie or song, extract it if compressed, and play it just to see if it's an actual movie. I seriously hope Torrentspy doesn't comply with this, sticks their tongues out at the MPAA and RIAA and moves their site/database off shores in another country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Xinok Subscriber² Posted June 9, 2007 Subscriber² Share Posted June 9, 2007 All Torrentspy can prove is that you downloaded the .torrent file. Otherwise, you can deny ever downloading the data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokar Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 torrentspy always sucked I stopped using them after they prevented searches of common Microsoft terms, like WINDOWS, or VISTA. BTJunkie and ISOhunt are the ways to go...and maybe mininova :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin001 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I stopped using them after they prevented searches of common Microsoft terms, like WINDOWS, or VISTA.BTJunkie and ISOhunt are the ways to go...and maybe mininova :). Torrent Harvester :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted June 9, 2007 MVC Share Posted June 9, 2007 Rapidshare Membership FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Don't necessarily disagree with the MPAA in this case, but the ruling sets a very bad precedent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malisk Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 :laugh: @ public torrent tracker users :p Huh? Do they even use TorrentSpy much? I thought most were on TPB... And even if not, there are still so many alternatives that I don't see how this would even matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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