Istorrent
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Type of site | Web community |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Iceland |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Created by | David Már |
| URL | torrent.is |
| Launched | 1 May 2005 |
| Current status | Closed on 19 November 2007, reopened 16 May 2008 |
Istorrent is an Icelandic Internet community devoted to BitTorrent file sharing. It was founded on 1 May 2005.
On 19 November 2007, the district court ordered the site to be shut down, requested by several copyright holder advocates (SMÁÍS, SÍK, Samband tónskálda og eigenda flutningsréttar and Félag hljómplötuframleiðenda (FHF)).[1] The order was reversed in May 2008 when the Icelandic Supreme Court ruled that plaintiffs had no legal ground to pursue the injunction that brought the tracker down.[2] In 2010, the website was sued again, and the Supreme Court approved both an injunction and damages.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Verður að loka torrent.is". Visir.is (in Icelandic). 19 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
- ^ "Torrent.is Wins Case. To Re-open May 16th". MP3 Newswire. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
- ^ "Istorrent bótaskylt". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic).
External links
[edit]- Official Website
- Movies123 Website Archived 2020-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
- The Pirate Filmes Website Archived 2021-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
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