Jun 25 2006
MPAA Torrentspy bribery case
More evidence that Hollywood’s MPAA paid a hacker to illegally break into the Torrentspy dbase has come in a new court document.
Last month Torrentspy’s US lawyer Ira Rothken alleged the MPAA’s Dean Garfield offered to pay the $15,000 for information hacked from Torrentspy.com, “after he and the MPAA reviewed it, if they found it useful”.
Now [...]
Jun 22 2006
Torrentspy names alleged MPAA hacker
A month after accusing the Motion Picture Association of America of conspiring to commit data theft, the operators of a file search engine presented more details regarding the alleged relationship between the MPAA and a man who admits hacking the small company’s network.
Valence Media, the parent company of Torrentspy.com, charges the MPAA paid the Canadian [...]
