IsoHunt Sues Canadian Record Industry Over P2P Links

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 30, 2009 - 12:33pm.

Toronto, Canada - IsoHunt, a service that aggregates links to downloadable media content, has filed a statement of claim against the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), asking a judge to rule that its service does not infringe copyrights, according to published reports.

The company first asked a judge to rule on the legality of its service last year, after receiving cease and desist notices from the CRIA.

A Canadian court in March denied isoHunt's request for a summary ruling declaring the service to be legal, meaning the case would have to be taken to a full trial to proceed.

Gary Fung, the founder of isoHunt, has now exercised that option, arguing that the service merely provides links to other sites.

"I have high hopes for Canadian copyright laws and its courts to not make the mistakes that have been made elsewhere in the world. We must fight the increasing noise we are drowned in, that file sharing is stealing," Fung wrote in a note on the isoHunt message board.

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/thrft (TorrentFreak)

http://snipurl.com/thqyl (Billboard)

http://isohunt.com