[IP] LokiTorrent fights MPAA legal attack
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LokiTorrent fights MPAA legal attack
By Robert Lemos
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Story last modified Thu Dec 30 16:55:00 PST 2004
The latest peer-to-peer site to come into the legal crosshairs of the
motion-picture industry promised this week to fight, and put out a
virtual hat to finance its legal fund.
LokiTorrent, a Web site and index of files available through a
peer-to-peer technology known as BitTorrent, posted a letter from the
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) on its site on Tuesday.
The letter states that the MPAA has filed suit in district court in
Texas against the site and demands that Loki Torrent cease linking to
video files that could infringe on studios' copyrights.
"If you've ever benefited from this site or file-sharing in general,
now is the time to show your support," a message on LokiTorrent stated.
"We are looking at a cost of $30K per month in fees."
So far, the site has garnered nearly $18,000, or about 60 percent of
the total needed for a month, according to a bar graph on the site.
The MPAA could not be immediately reached for comment.
LokiTorrent is the latest file-sharing site to run into the legal guns
of the motion picture industry. Several peer-to-peer sites disappeared
from the Internet earlier this month, after the MPAA filed suits
against them.
Sites acting as "hubs" for BitTorrent sharing of movies, TV shows and
other free downloads are the most recent focus of the copyright
holders' war on peer-to-peer technology. BitTorrent technology
streamlines downloads by having a centralized server that hosts
indexing information, but locates the actual data files on members'
computers. Someone downloading a large file will grab the actual data
from one of several members' computers that have already downloaded the
file. The result is a faster download that does not overwhelm the
bandwidth of any single server.
The technology has become an efficient way for companies to offer
large downloads legitimately and economically. For example, Linux
vendors MandrakeSoft and Xandros offer the free version of their
operating system only through a BitTorrent download. By doing so,
neither company has to pay large bandwidth fees when a large number of
users download the software.
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