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Originally Posted by RawAlex
You keep quoting all the "victories" with no backup or support. I looked through the ISOHunt site (and forums) and all I could find is that (1) they are apaprently still at war with the MPAA and RIAA, (2) they moved to Canada to get out of the US jurisdiction to avoid legal issues rather than face them,
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first of all isohunt has been canadian since it was created, it was created by a canadian, it was incorporated in vancouver. MPAA was able to sue them in US court because they were using a US HOST with a change of venue clause in the hosting contract.
THEY changed hosts to eliminate this loophole
The courts ruled that all infringement claims after that move must be governed by Canadian law. That is a win given the differences in fair use rights between the two countries (because we pay taxes for those additional rights)
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(3) they are apparently removing content that is sent to them in DMCA style notices, and
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They respected DMCA in the past, and still do even though they are no longer under an obligation to do so. Which is the point they were complying with the law and they are getting sued by the MPAA because (like you) believes they should have more rights than the law give them
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4) there was no mention of any major "wins" in court. I am sure if they had a major ass win they would have a bunch of back patting threads about it. I couldnt find a single one. I read their news thread, and check most of the current threads. Nada.
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you are obviously not looking hard enough
http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2...t-mpaa-letter/
http://digg.com/software/isohunt_und...CBC_Interview/
http://www.cbc.ca/clips/national/thenational.ram
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-col...y20060531.html
it is a couple of years away for a win on the legal mess he has gotten himself in (by using a california host with change of venue clause in it) but he is already getting a lot of press that confirms he is actions were complient with US laws.