So it seems that the MPAA is trying to outlaw the .torrent file format, and TorrentSpy doesn’t like it. They’re taking them on in court. Trying to outlaw a file extension? TorrentSpy is most definitely in for the win. Now, if they were going to court over movie pirating in general, I’d have a different opinion. But the file format? My god.

MPAA owners Time Warner, Viacom, Fox, Sony, NBC Universal and Disney are in essence trying to outlaw the dot torrent file format, says a lawyer representing TorrentSpy.com, one of the sites named in the MPAA’s panicky onslaught against file More >