isoHunt Loses Appeal in Preemptive Strike Against CRIA

During September 2008, Gary Fung of BitTorrent site isoHunt took the unusual step of suing the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), seeking confirmation that the site’s operations (along with sister sites Torrentbox and Podtropolis) are legal. “This is our preemptive strike with a narrowly defined petition for Declaratory Relief that we do not infringe, in anticipation they are going to file their own lawsuit that we do infringe (their copyright),” Fung told TorrentFreak at the time. In March 2009, isoHunt and the CRIA appeared in court.

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isoHunt Loses Appeal in Preemptive Strike Against CRIA

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