BitTorrent tracker site sued by movie studios, will mount defense
'''December 30, 2004'''

Loki Torrent, a site that tracks links to [[w:BitTorrent|BitTorrent]] files, was sued by the motion picture industry for copyright infringement on December 14, 2004, but has decided to mount a legal defense. The site operators have set up a legal defense fund in order to raise the $30,000 per month they estimate will be necessary to cover legal costs. The suit was filed in a U.S. District Court in Texas on behalf of Columbia Pictures &ndash; a major movie studio. The lawsuit is part of the [[w:MPAA|MPAA]] campaign to crack down on Internet piracy.

The lawsuit did not initially mention the site's operator, Edward Webber &mdash; instead, the suit was filed against a set of people named "John Doe" to be identified at a later point.

Loki Torrent's popularity had increased dramatically in recent days after the prominent BitTorrent site SuprNova.org shut down in a preemptive move to avoid a lawsuit [http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?w=640&amp;h=480&amp;r=3m&amp;y=t&amp;u=lokitorrent.com/&amp;u=suprnova.org]. 

==Sources==

* {{source|url=http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/29/2348241
|pub=Slashdot
|author=ravenspear
|title=LokiTorrent vs. MPAA
|date=December 29, 2004}}
* {{source|url=http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3453321
|title=BitTorrent Operator Bites Back at MPAA
|pub=InternetNews.com
|author=Jim Wagner
|date=December 30, 2004}}
* {{source|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=39899
|pub=Reuters
|author=Adam Pasick
|title=SuprNova closes amid Hollywood crackdown
|date=December 21, 2004}}

==External links==
* [http://img68.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img68&image=lawsuit5mg.jpg Scanned letter to Loki Torrent from MPAA law firm]

 
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'December 30, 2004'

Loki Torrent, a site that tracks links to BitTorrent files, was sued by the motion picture industry for copyright infringement on December 14, 2004, but has decided to mount a legal defense. The site operators have set up a legal defense fund in order to raise the $30,000 per month they estimate will be necessary to cover legal costs. The suit was filed in a U.S. District Court in Texas on behalf of Columbia Pictures – a major movie studio. The lawsuit is part of the MPAA campaign to crack down on Internet piracy.

The lawsuit did not initially mention the site's operator, Edward Webber — instead, the suit was filed against a set of people named "John Doe" to be identified at a later point.

Loki Torrent's popularity had increased dramatically in recent days after the prominent BitTorrent site SuprNova.org shut down in a preemptive move to avoid a lawsuit .
December 30, 2004 United States Crime and law Published Copyright