Istorrent is an Icelandic Internet community devoted to BitTorrent file sharing. It was founded on 1 May 2005.
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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 |
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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