US users of the popular Torrent search site TorrentSpy can use the site no more—at least not for now. TorrentSpy has begun to block all searches by US visitors, instead redirecting search requests to a page with the headline "TorrentSpy Acts to Protect Privacy." The page says that TorrentSpy has chosen to block US visitors because of an "uncertain legal climate in the US regarding user privacy and an apparently tension between US and European Union privacy laws."
The story extends back to early 2006 when TorrentSpy was named in a lawsuit by the MPAA as providing illegal access to copyrighted works. But the real drama started when a judge ordered the site to begin logging user information and turn it over to the MPAA in June. This was not something that TorrentSpy previously did, as the site claimed it did not retain full IP logs. Regardless, since the data could be collected, the MPAA wanted it.
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