2008-05-07 23:54:11 -

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The six major Hollywood studios have won a $111 million (¤72 million) judgment for copyright infringement against the shut-down file-sharing Web site TorrentSpy.com.
The judgment, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, fined the operators of the Web site, Valence Media LLC, $30,000 (¤19,500) per violation for nearly 3,700

illegal movie and TV show downloads.
The Motion Picture Association of America said the judgment sends a strong message to copyright violators.
The site shut down in March, saying the legal climate was too hostile to continue.
Its lawyers filed a document in court Monday saying Valence had sought bankruptcy protection in a United Kingdom court and requesting that the judgment be stayed.