FTC Sues Burnlounge For Being A Pyramid Scheme

The Federal Trade Commission is suing Burnlounge, alleging that the company is a pyramid scheme and that some of its largest retailers have misrepresented the income investors made with the company. Burnlounge sells downloads via affiliate stores set up by individuals who buy in and profit from a multi-level marketing style arrangement. Burnlounge, which allows music aficionados to open their own digital stores and sell music to their...

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Potential Landmark Decision In TorrentSpy VS. MPAA Infringement Battle

Judge Jacqueline Chooljian of the Central District of California in Los Angeles, issued a landmark decision while presiding over the battle between the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and TorrentSpy. Last year the MPAA sued TorrentSpy, a BitTorrent search engine, for copyright infringement. On May 29, Chooljian ordered TorrentSpy to begin logging user activity from a server’s Random Access Memory (RAM), including IP...

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