Courts Demand TorrentSpy’s Server RAM

Judges without a clue is nothing new, but it never makes the newest happening any less interesting. Take an example of a federal judge in Los Angeles who decided that computer RAM is a valuable asset in an investigation. Anyone who understands even the basics of computer memory knows that no data is stored on the modules themselves, at least not for long. It’s such a fast transition, that there is no way they could find anything useful.

If this ruling is allowed to stand, things are not going to get much better for TorrentSpy or any other questionably-legal website. As far as I am aware, TorrentSpy still confident that they will keep user information private, but they won’t have much of a leg to stand on if their servers get raided for the precious RAM.

To prove that TorrentSpy was making it easier to share files, the studios told Chooljian that it was necessary that they obtain records of user activity. They convinced her that the only way to do this was to obtain the data from RAM.

Source: ZD Net