So how do you think the MPAA would respond if someone broke into the association’s computer network and stole some information on its roadmap for going after torrent sites and people who engage in peer-to-peer sharing? My guess is they’d sue whomever was responsible, and put out a big press release that stated how correct they were to do so. That’s just a guess though.

Ironic it is then that the MPAA is now being sued by Torrentspy.com for hiring a hacker to break into Torrentspy’s network to steal information. Here’s a clip from the article above:

One MPAA executive is quoted in Torrentspy’s lawsuit as saying: “We don’t care how you get it,” referring to the alleged assignment to dig up information on Torrentspy.

Some of the information that the man allegedly pilfered included a spreadsheet containing Torrentspy income and expenses from January to June 2005, copies of private e-mails between Torrentspy employees, detailed information on the company’s servers, and billing information, according to the lawsuit.

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“We have very significant proof of wrongdoing and the MPAA’s involvement,” [Ira] Rothken [attorney for Torrentspy] said. “We think it’s ironic for the MPAA to claim that they are protecting the rights of the movie studios and then go out and pirate other people’s property.”

You’d think that an organization that is frequently in the courts battling so-called “moral” issues would try to go before a judge with clean hands, right?