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Torrentspy lost their case against MPAA (Motion Pictures Association of America) that was filed last year claiming that the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) had hacked into their systems to gain email addresses that belonged to the executives of Torrentspy. Although they had lost their case, the MPAA did confess that they had paid someone $15,000 to deliver the addresses to them anyway, clearly a red flag. The MPAA for many years now have been trying to shut down the major websites such as Torrentspy who they claim (along with other similar sites) cost them over $2 Billion dollars a year in revenue. A $15,000 bribe isn’t a big price compared to that number. Although Torrentspy encourages its members to not download illegal material, it still continues and the MPAA will continue to try and defeat their adversary.

Some ISP’s (Internet Service Providers) have chosen another route for increasing revenue by inserting advertisements into websites. The adverts are included with the webpage’s by JavaScript and HTML. The problem ISP’s may face is that neither the Internet User nor Webmasters are confronted about this subtle form of advertising. And again, websites that may pride in not containing advertisements will feel exploited could push forward a legal battle concerning this matter.

Robert Soloway, 27, was arrested yesterday on counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, e-mail fraud, identity theft and money laundering.

Through his Company “Newport Internet Marketing”, Soloway offers an adveritising service of emailing 20 million email advertisements in 15 days for $500.

Emails were sent from Zombie (infected) Computers since 2003. Emails included the headers of MSN and Hotmail addresses. This later lead to a court case in 2005 and Soloway paying Microsoft $7 million in damages.

Prosecutors are looking for a $773,000 fine from the court. With Soloway’s 4 bank accounts seized by the US goverment, he will still have no trouble paying his lawyer.