The cease-and-desist letters demand that alongside the complete shutdown of the Nyaa website, the recipients of the letters also pay a financial settlement to the copyright-holding members of the MPA and hand over the rights to the website and any technologies connected to it, including the website domain.
TorrentFreak stated the copyright-holding members of the MPA claimed that the website’s activities have caused “significant, irreparable damage” to the companies.
The TorrentFreak website reported on Wednesday that the Motion Pictures Association of America (MPA) delivered cease-and-desist letters to individuals in North America, Europe, and Australia in September who are allegedly in association with the Nyaa torrent website.
TorrentFreak stated it could not confirm whether any of the individuals who received the letters are in a position of power at Nyaa.