Valence Media, Ltd, owners of the Torrentspy.com search site, filed suit against the Motion Picture Association of America over allegedly paying a hacker to break into Torrentspy.com's servers to gather and hand over sensitive information The lawsuit filed in Federal Court in Los Angeles on May 24th, 2006 alleges that the MPAA paid $15,000 dollars for non-public information obtained by the hacker including financial data, private e-mails, and sensitive marketing documents.Plaintiff alleged numerous Federal and State causes of action including violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Plaintiff is seeking monetary damages and an injunction. Click here for a news story on the case.
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