Archive for the 'LANVA' Category

Court Acquits BitTorrent User Citing Faulty Evidence

Monday, March 15th, 2010

The Lithuanian anti-piracy outfit LANVA has lost its case against a user of the prominent BitTorrent tracker LinkoManija.net. After being accused of sharing Windows 7 Ultimate, the defendant walked free when the court decided that uTorrent is not a certified evidence gathering tool.

Microsoft Sues Prominent BitTorrent Tracker For $43m

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

In conjunction with Lithuanian anti-piracy outfit LANVA, software giant Microsoft has sued the alleged operator of the country’s largest BitTorrent site. Microsoft is demanding $43 million from the defendant and his company for assisting in the illegal distribution of Office 2003 and 2007.