isoHunt Sues the CRIA to Legalize BitTorrent Sites

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The CRIA is known for taking on BitTorrent sites. In the past year they have threatened Demonoid and other BitTorrent sites, and taken legal action against QuebecTorrent. Now, they have set their sights on isoHunt, one of the largest BitTorrent sites on the Internet, but this might just backfire.

In May 2008, isoHunt received a Cease and Desist letter from the CRIA, in which they demanded that isoHunt founder Gary Fung should take the site offline. If Fung didn’t comply, the CRIA said it would pursue legal action, and demand $20,000 for each sound recording the site has infringed.

A similar tactic worked against Demonoid, but the isoHunt founder didn’t back down so easily. “We have since tried to come to an understanding, but just as with the MPAA in the US, they ignored our offers of cooperation by the take down of .torrent links to their content files, so long as they provide sufficient identification,” Gary Fung told TorrentFreak.

Fung has pointed out that, like most other BitTorrent sites, isoHunt has a Copyright Policy, and takes down .torrent files when they receive an appropriate request. The CRIA simply ignored this, even though they have sent correct takedown notices to isoHunt before (and isoHunt complied), and continued to threaten with legal action.

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It's good to see more p2p operators and torrent sites not caving in when these giants make threats of legal action. If more would do the same, we'd have a understanding that if the consumer is given a chance via AEM (Ads Enforcement Management) then these organizations can make a killing thanks to p2p and freeloaders who don't mind an ad banner above and below the movie in which they watch for FREE (while the creaters get compensated). Yes there is a way to do this without huge resource overhead to your PC. and think of the jobs it would create. Instead the entertainment industry wants to fight a battle in which they'll never win and are losing out on the biggest chance in history to make a GaZillion.