These are my "notes" i have listed the source above each portion of information.

Wikipedia.org
On October 24, 2005, a 38-year-old Hong Kong BitTorrent user Chan Nai-ming (陳乃明, using the handle 古惑天皇 Lit. The master of cunning, while the magistrate referred to him as Big Crook) allegedly distributed the three movies Daredevil, Red Planet and Miss Congeniality in violation of copyright, subsequently uploading the torrent file to a newsgroup. He was convicted of breaching the copyright ordinance, Chapter 528 of Hong Kong law.[citation needed] The magistrate remarked that Chan's act caused significant damage to the interest of copyright holders. He was released on bail for HK$5,000, awaiting a sentencing hearing, though the magistrate himself admitted the difficulty of determining how he should be sentenced due to the lack of precedent for such a case. On November 7, 2005, he was sentenced to jail for three months but was immediately granted bail pending an appeal to the High Court. The appeal was dismissed by the Court of First Instance on 12 December 2006 and Chan was jailed immediately. On 3 January 2007, he was bailed pending appeal to the Court of Final Appeal on 9 May 2007.
On November 23, 2005, the movie industry and BitTorrent Inc., whose CEO is the creator of BitTorrent, Bram Cohen, signed a deal they hoped would reduce the number of unlicensed copies available through bittorrent.com's search engine, run by BitTorrent, Inc. It meant BitTorrent.com had to remove any links to unlicensed copies of films made by seven Hollywood movie studios. As it covered only the BitTorrent.com website, it is unclear what overall effect this has had on copyright infringement.[15]

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2023191,00.html#article_continue

“The problem for the content companies is, some of the music and other content on BitTorrent is free - helping to acquaint people who'd not otherwise understand how to use the protocol with the process of getting torrent files legally. ISPs will also now be unable to rely on Bittorrent content being illicit - which some use to throttle its bandwidth. How now can they distinguish Bittorrent transfers that have the approval of the content owners, and those that do not? Illicit Bittorrent use could explode: "You can even search for torrents by putting in what you're looking for, then adding 'torrent' in any search engine," the site says helpfully. That'll surely turn up a lot of illicit material if you don't like the prices the film studios have made BitTorrent charge.”

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3656911

Sony didn’t tell customers about DRM embedded in the cds they were selling. These DRMs tracked listener habits as well as limited the amount of copies that could be made of a particular Cd.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/04/mpaa_p2p_lawsuits/

MPAA follows RIAA to sue p2p file sharers.

http://torrentfreak.com/2006-mpaa-vs-bittorrent-sites/

MPAA sues multiple Bittorrent file sharing sites. One case settled out of court the others are still pending.
MPAA v. Pirate Bay

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1853573,00.asp

MPAA anti-piracy lawsuits target individuals.