The MPAA and other groups - including the Canadian Recording Industry Association - contend that Isohunt and other sites like it are havens for Web users looking to download copyright infringing content, such as music, movies and video games. Isohunt and other similar websites collect data from torrent trackers such as The Pirate Bay and provide users with the links to the content, similar to how Google Inc.'s Google News service provides access to articles from newspapers and magazines. Isohunt is one of the most popular torrent search engines on the Web, with about 30 million monthly visitors, and allows users to scour the Web for downloadable files. The decision, which was first reported by Wired Magazine, could force Isohunt's 27-year-old owner Gary Fung to shut down the site and comes almost a year after a Swedish court issued a similar ruling against The Pirate Bay, the world's largest BitTorrent search engine and one of the most popular sites on the Internet. The ruling comes as a result of a lawsuit launched against the Canadian Website several years ago by the Motion Picture Association of America, the group which represents the biggest movie studios in Hollywood. judge orders Canada's Isohunt to remove infringing contentĪfter a lengthy legal battle, an American judge has ordered Richmond, B.C.'s Isohunt, one of the most popular BitTorrent search engines on the Internet, to remove all infringing content from its listings. judge orders Canada's Isohunt to remove infringing contentįP Tech Desk: U.S.
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