Judge Orders LokiTorrent To Shut Down, Provide Logs

KingFishKingFish
edited February 2005 in Science & Tech
A Dallas federal court has ordered file-swapping site LokiTorrent.com to shut down and provide Hollywood lawyers with access to its full server logs, including data that could expose hundreds of thousands of people to copyright lawsuits.
The Motion Picture Association of America said Thursday that it had won a quick court victory against LokiTorrent, and was launching a new round of actions against other online piracy hubs. The data provided by the onetime file-swapping hub would provide "a roadmap to others who have used LokiTorrent to engage in illegal activities," the trade group said.

Hard numbers on the site's traffic are hard to come by. However, according to researchers at the Delft University of Technology, LokiTorrent was responsible for more than 800,000 downloads in the month of October alone.

MPAA executives said the information could "quite possibly" lead to lawsuits against individuals.
Source: c|net

Comments

  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited February 2005
    Damn. All that money they raised, too.

    /me sighs
    They will never win. Neither side. The "underground" will always find new ways, and the big guys will always shut them down, some way.
  • JustinJustin Atlanta
    edited February 2005
    http://www.lokitorrent.com/ Check out the site now.... Boogady, Boogady, Boogady....
  • SputnikSputnik Worcester, MA
    edited February 2005
    facilitation != copyright infringment. See also Universal City Studios, Inc. et al. v. Sony Corporation of America Inc. et al. (Betamax case)

    "The illegal downloading of motion pictures robs thousands of honest, hard-working people of their livelihood, and stifles creativity."

    ok, how does it stifle creativity? how does it cost hundreds, excuse me, thousands of jobs? last i checked, movie sales were continuing to go up (likely due to outrageous theater prices), more movies (and conincidentally less good ones) were being made. God I hate the MPAA. And stupid people. (
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited February 2005
    Sputnik wrote:
    facilitation != copyright infringment. See also Universal City Studios, Inc. et al. v. Sony Corporation of America Inc. et al. (Betamax case)

    "The illegal downloading of motion pictures robs thousands of honest, hard-working people of their livelihood, and stifles creativity."

    ok, how does it stifle creativity? how does it cost hundreds, excuse me, thousands of jobs? last i checked, movie sales were continuing to go up (likely due to outrageous theater prices), more movies (and conincidentally less good ones) were being made. God I hate the MPAA. And stupid people. (

    agreed. However the last movie I saw was Blade3 and I paid 6 bucks to see the movie and 8 dollars at the consession stand for a large drink and a medium popcorn.

    The MPAA can kiss my #$*(&#$&*(#&*&#($

    I dont download movies anymore.. I rent and rip... SO HA!!!!! MPAA and I dont share them..
  • AnimalAnimal
    edited February 2005
    Gobbles wrote:
    agreed. However the last movie I saw was Blade3 and I paid 6 bucks to see the movie and 8 dollars at the consession stand for a large drink and a medium popcorn.

    The MPAA can kiss my #$*(&#$&*(#&*&#($

    I dont download movies anymore.. I rent and rip... SO HA!!!!! MPAA and I dont share them..

    its the only way to go... i have stopped downloading movies and music now, blockbuster supplies my needs and as for cds... i have most of the stuff i want now...
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK New
    edited February 2005
    Uh oh, I was registered there, but only for pr@n. :)
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited February 2005
    WE'RE WATCHING YOU!
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