Ira Rothken

Judge: MPAA Hasn't Proven Isohunt Users Broke U.S. Laws

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 27, 2009 - 9:18am.

San Francisco - A federal judge said Wednesday that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) had not proven that users of Isohunt, a search engine providing links to files on BitTorrent file-sharing networks, are violating U.S. copyright law, CNET News.com reported.

TorrentSpy Bankrupt, Won't Pay $111M in Damages to MPAA

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 9, 2008 - 9:04am.

Los Angeles - TorrentSpy, the BitTorrent tracker that was ordered by a federal judge this week to pay the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) $111 million in copyright infringement damages, has filed for bankruptcy protection in England and will not pay up, the company's attorney, Ira Rothken, told Wired.com.

P2P Search Engine TorrentSpy to Implement Copyright Filter

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 26, 2007 - 10:36am.

San Francisco - TorrentSpy, a search engine that provides links to media files available for download on the BitTorrent file-sharing network, and is defending against a copyright lawsuit from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has announced plans to implement a filter to weed out copyrighted content, CNET News.com reported.