Even though The Pirate Bay has moved to the Sinai Desert, the MPAA is following TPB wherever it goes, lawsuit papers in hand. TPB hasn’t been immune to th legal woes of running a torrent site, but it has had enough protection from Swedish copyright laws (until recently) to help ward off some of the copyright issues that so many torrent sites have been plagued with.
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According to TorrentFreak, the MPAA is demanding a mere $15.4 million from TPB, to cover claimed losses from torrents of “Harry Potter,†“Syriana,†“The Pink Panther,†“Walk the Line†and 13 episodes of the television show “Prison Break.â€
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According to TorrentFreak, the MPAA is demanding a mere $15.4 million from TPB, to cover claimed losses from torrents of “Harry Potter,†“Syriana,†“The Pink Panther,†“Walk the Line†and 13 episodes of the television show “Prison Break.â€
A follow up to this story. More of an empty threat at the moment, but the MPAA is feeling extremely confident right now.
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