IsoHunt lost the copyright infringement trial, but could survive

Posted Jan 4, 2010 by Jim
The U.S. justice ruled against IsoHunt in a lawsuit that he began film for violating intellectual property.
(UpVery.com) Jan 4, 2010 -- The U.S. justice ruled against IsoHunt in a lawsuit that he began film for violating intellectual property. However, as the ruling takes effect only there, the service could continue to operate from other countries.

The story began in September 2006, when several organizations started trials of sites devoted to file sharing. In the particular case of IsoHunt, began legal action initiated by Columbia, Disney, Tristar, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal and Warner Bros. Although its founder compared the site with Google, the Court was categorical.

The judge said the tracker induces the commission of crimes (in this case, violation of copyright), similar to Napster and Grokster cases, who were found guilty. And here's the interesting thing: given the close resemblance to these cases, it is necessary to continue the trial to force the closure, since directly is considered illegal.

There remains the option of appealing to higher courts, although it assesses the possibility to continue operation with the domain and the servers it owns in Canada, where the measure is invalid. This would give a break to the users, who in 2009 made him the third most visited site in the area, below the Pirate Bay and Torrentz.

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