MPAA Sues The Pirate Bay for $15 Million

Their reply? "They have a good sense of imagination."

Late last week it was reported that the The Pirate Bay, no stranger to copyright infringement lawsuits, again faces cliams by the MPAA to the tune of $15.4 million USD for the illegal distribution of four films (Harry Potter, The Pink Panther, Syriana, and Walk the Line, and the first season of the Prison Break TV series.

According to MAQS, the law firm representing MPAA, of the copyrighted material referenced in the lawsuit "The Pink Panther" has been illegally downloaded 49,593 and "Syriana" some 3,679 times.

The damages are based on between 222 Swedish kronors($38 USD) and 261 Swedish kronors($44 USD) per each time the movies were illegally downloaded downloaded , and 415 Swedish kronor($69 USD) for every time someone had downloaded an episode of of "Prison Break."

In response, Gottfrid Svartholm Varg, one of The Pirate Bay's co-founders, said the MPAA's claims have no basis in reality.

"These are very well-developed fantasies. They have a good sense of imagination," he told The Local.