TorrentSpy Appeals Lawsuit Over MPAA Getting Access To Its Emails

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While TorrentSpy may have shut down and lost its copyright infringement lawsuit against the MPAA, it’s still appealing a separate issue: whether the MPAA broke the law in hiring a guy to break into TorrentSpy’s email server and forward emails to the MPAA. The MPAA got away with playing dumb when this issue first came up, claiming it assumed the guy they hired had legitimate access to all of the emails he was handing over — though, that seems highly questionable.

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WG (profile) says:

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The MPAA got away with playing dumb when this issue first came up, claiming it assumed the guy they hired had legitimate access to all of the emails he was handing over–

You know, when I was in the Marine Corps, I learned that to ‘assume’ was the equivalent of “..making an ASS out of U and ME.” It seems that, here, that on the face of things, the MPAA is simply full of ASSES!

Airy's Dark says:

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i loved torrent spy an when it went away it was heard to find all the old movies that only liv in servers or on uther pc. like vhs movies made in to date files. but if they have been doing the wrong thing then yes do what they most. i was a torrent spy user but not a member i left my email ones to help poeple fix problems with ps1 games not working but i all ways sied bying the real thing is ezy an no one gets hert. but copying of date will go on seeing that the net is the biggest an fastest way of getting it. so just wait a nuther torrent engin will appear biger an better. an will c torrent spy all over agen. an y coz no one ownes the net. u can controll it or hack it lol but its ever ones.

p.s stop limewire its full of virues an crap lol XD
(Sir_)Clan laeder out XD

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