Yesterday’s press brought the news that the MPAA (Motion Picture Association Of America) were to fine TorrentSpy $111 million under copyright infringements.
A federal judge is hitting the shuttered TorrentSpy service with a $111 million penalty for facilitating the infringement of thousands of copyrighted works.
This is the first time the MPAA have won a legal battle against Internet piracy, more importantly a torrent portal. It is one of the largest fines in copyright history
Ask yourself this… why did the Motion Picture Association Of America choose such an odd amount to fine TorrentSpy? Why not $110 or $100 million?
Maybe because of the eye, and ‘hidden’ cross used in their logo:
And their online PDF’s (found on the MPAA website) referring to the “Pyramid Of Piracy”:
Nevis-based Valence Media, the owner of TorrentSpy, filed for bankruptcy protection in England last week “and has no appreciable assets,” attorney Ira Rothken said. “This was a Hollywood publicity stunt.”
So not only were TorrentSpy fined a ridiculous sum, the MPAA also chose to use a fine which reflects pyramid numerology:
$111 million dollars : 111 x 111 = 12321
I think we can safely say the MPAA are a tool of the ‘establishment’, which have long detested the fact that the public can get its works for free. The beauty of the MPAA’s message lies in their portrayal of the ‘criminal’ pyramid of piracy – isn’t it somewhat similar to the pyramid to which they belong?
Mr New World Order, you’ve been staring at yourself in the mirror for far too long…
“Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order and the like.” –
Justice William O. Douglas
16/10/1898 - 19/01/1980
Justice William O. Douglas
Sources:
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/torrentspy-wont.html
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