*Source: TechnologyExpert (
http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com...s-users.html)*
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TorrentSpy has closed its doors to U.S. users. As you may know, last year the Motion Picture Association of America (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_...ion_of_America) sued TorrentSpy, a BitTorrent (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent) search engine, for alleged copyright infringement by aiding users in trading pirated material. As part of the ruling against the site, a judge ordered TorrentSpy to begin tracking its users.
Rather than do that, the site has chosen to block U.S. users, in a sort of pyrrhic victory (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhic_victory) over the MPAA.
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