After it was ruled that a hacker who obtained unauthorized emails from TorrentSpy on behalf of the MPAA did not technically intercept them under the WireTap Act, the EFF has filed a friend-of-the-court brief.

EFF describes the recent decision as a “dangerous attempt to circumvent privacy laws,” and wants to see it overturned.

The case, Bunnell v.

Motion Picture Association of America, was brought against the MPAA by Justin Bunnell, the owner of TorrentSpy, who found out that the...