The MPAA described the outcome of the case as a landmark victory that will preserve jobs and protect tens of thousands of businesses.įor more than seven years isoHunt and the MPAA have been battling it out in court but today the case appears to have come to an end, at least for now.īoth parties have submitted a request to conclude the case and isoHunt founder Gary Fung has agreed to pay a $110 million settlement and shut down the site. The site’s owner has decided to throw in the towel and shut down the site for now, but an application for an appeal at the U.S. Torrent search engine isoHunt today announced that it has settled its legal battle with the MPAA for $110 million. IsoHunt Shuts Down After $110 Million Settlement With The MPAA I’ve done the best I could pushing the social benefits of BitTorrent and file sharing, the searching and sharing of culture itself, but it’s time for me to move on to new software ideas and projects. It’s been a learning experience beyond what I imagined. It started as a programming hobby in my university days that has become so, so much more. 10.5 years of isoHunt has been a long journey by any business definition, and forever in Internet startup time. But I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful. 3.4 What's up with the "isoHunt resurrection?".3.3 What's the point of sending them to the Internet Archive?. 3.1 Why didn't you just ask Gary Fung for the database?.
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