Yes, the MPAA is suing us.

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:55 am

CMON ISOHUNT! YOU CAN DO THIS! OORAH! TAKE DOWN THOSE MONEY GRABBING CORPARATE BASTAR- *hears door open* OH GAWD THEY ARE HERE FOR ME! NOOO! *gunshots*

/end sarcasm

but seriously, this is bull, all the lawsuits against the torrent sites. The thing about the MPAA and the american courts is that no one has actually come up with a decent sentence for pirating. Because it's not like stealing, where the other person actually loses something. With piracy, both people now have the thing instead of just the original, so it's not the same as stealing. No one gets that yet.

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:56 pm

New to this so cant really say one way or another whether it is right or not. As long as your not hurting anyone I would have to say go jump Mpaa and let the free stuff run.

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:05 pm

I Hope this site won't close !!!

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:18 am

It seems to me MPAA is hungry for that dollar and as it were they already have more money than they can handle. It does not seem to be of any logical rationing to take legal action against a community such as this when there are much greater misdeeds at hand. Look at the state of the economy in the US, starving children across the globe, and they choose to start a war on torrents? Makes perfect sense to the rich Im sure, but to a poor bastard like myself it seems like stapling ones ass to his head.

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:00 pm

Bad213Boy wrote:

This is stupid, but you new this was coming for along time now. If I were you (admin), I would have shut the site down as soon as things were getting hot and changed the name of the site and changed the address to make it more underground. It's still not too late to shut the site down for a brief period and start from scratch again. If you ask me, its the only way you'll be able to escapte this. And for GOD SAKES, get those servers out of the US. Go underground for awhile. This is what club owners do when they get busted for drugs or whatever. They put the ownership in someone elses name and change the clubs name. But the big dogs still run the show. They're going after the big dogs. ThePirateBay owners have already been sentence to jail, its only a matter of time before you guys go down too.

I'm sorry, but I totally disagree with that in every way. Turn tail and hide? Haha!! That would suggest they are doing anything wrong. And my friends, there's nothing wrong with sharing what you bought with your hard earned money with your friends, be it via internet or next door!!

Viva la sharing!!

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:19 am

Going '' underground '' would surley send a message that what is done here is illegal and in fact it is'nt. The site runs a legitimate service to the public, it is only SOME of the public who who would abuse this system in an illegal way, but not the site. We all know you should'nt punish the whole for the actions of the few. To go after IH and others is the same as going after blog, chat, and media reference services aka search engines. Not to mention this thing is way bigger then just torrent downloads now and if they dont stand and fight we stand to loose yet another piece of our freedom and we can ill afford this, especialy from entertaiment tycoons... thats just wrong. EFF ( Electronic Frontier Foundation ) is great contribution to the protection of your rights and you should look them up http://www.eff.org/ and help however you can. The outcome of all this will not only affect us, but other business all over the world. Same goes for their other suits against ppl like that guy who sold software he bought and never used on ebay and now they are suing him..if they win it could kill every used pc store in the world as you would only be able to sell the pc itself and not the software like Windows OS, same with furniture rental and rent to own places where alot of less fortunate ppl get their used pc for a reasonable price they can afford every month with no credit. Essentialy hurting students and everyone else who needs computers for classes and what not...My point is..Pls dont run and hide cause this battle is just the beggining and we need the victory so if anyone can helpout plssssssss do so..tyvm Very Happy

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:39 am

to hell with the mpaa

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:11 am

iCeSwimmer wrote:

If in fact a case is filed against isohunt, the outcome will probably set a precedent for future cases dealing with torrent search engines. As the host of a site, you would hate to jump the gun in gathering funds for court, (in case no suit was filed), but at the same time you deffinitly do want to be ready. More money = a better chance you could win the case and give sites like isohunt the freedom they deserve from the RIAA and MPAA pigs. Personally, I would be totally cool with dontating to a quality site like isohunt, knowing that in the event of a trial, my money could be spent fighting the MPAA. If it were up to me, I would start a fund right now, but make it clear that a case hasn't officially been filed, with a good chance it may never be.

not 2 sound like an arsehole here, but why have u not donated to isohunt yet? i personaly donated 3 times so far,with my credit card,i dont give a shit if some one steals my ccard details,cos i would be covered by my bank through the fraud dept.
just do it!!

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:43 am

arigatux wrote:

iCeSwimmer wrote:

If in fact a case is filed against isohunt, the outcome will probably set a precedent for future cases dealing with torrent search engines. As the host of a site, you would hate to jump the gun in gathering funds for court, (in case no suit was filed), but at the same time you deffinitly do want to be ready. More money = a better chance you could win the case and give sites like isohunt the freedom they deserve from the RIAA and MPAA pigs. Personally, I would be totally cool with dontating to a quality site like isohunt, knowing that in the event of a trial, my money could be spent fighting the MPAA. If it were up to me, I would start a fund right now, but make it clear that a case hasn't officially been filed, with a good chance it may never be.

not 2 sound like an arsehole here, but why have u not donated to isohunt yet? i personaly donated 3 times so far,with my credit card,i dont give a shit if some one steals my ccard details,cos i would be covered by my bank through the fraud dept.
just do it!!

I do through other accounts Cool

This is just my public account. I use a very strict isp so I have to be alittle more careful (Maybe he does too), as I live in the states. I focus more here on these sites just to get more info and spread info on these cases and do more on the side of helping for defense of those being sued atm. I am member of EFF http://www.eff.org/ and think they do as much as possible for P2P and other computer related cases. I'm glad to hear there are ppl out there who can afford to help with donations to the IH tyvm Very Happy

I have'ny heard of any theft or frauds being reported here so not sure why thats your concern but I believe it is safe to donate as far as that goes. If you live in the states then( not to say donating does'nt help, it does ) signing petitions against antiP2P bills, and simply calling your state reps. office everyday is just as usefull as money for those who have none and really helps the cause. Public awareness to the good sides of P2P are essential for the victory here so spreading the word across the web and printing up fact based letters on the positive aspects of P2P to hand out at malls or schools can drum up much needed support with little to no money. Any support via donations or other methods are usefull all the same and thanx to everyone helping to fight for the cause.

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:21 am

Just linking a story without comment, but it is the latest news from the USA about the MPAA lawsuit against isoHunt.

http://torrentfreak.com/isohunt-loses-us-lawsuit-against-movie-studios-091224/

I don't think its for mods or admins to answer the queries it raises. That would be best left to Gary Fung. (IH), if he can legally discuss it that is.

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:35 am

Omega50 wrote:

Just linking a story without comment, but it is the latest news from the USA about the MPAA lawsuit against isoHunt.

http://torrentfreak.com/isohunt-loses-us-lawsuit-against-movie-studios-091224/

I don't think its for mods or admins to answer the queries it raises. That would be best left to Gary Fung. (IH), if he can legally discuss it that is.

What the f**k is this bullshit ?

Quote:

Even the forum user ranking system didn’t escape criticism. Since user ranks included titles such as “I pir4te, therefore I am” and “All Day I Dream About W4rez,” the court concluded that the Defendants “promoted their users’ infringing activities by consciously fostering a community that encouraged – indeed, celebrated – copyright infringement.”

And where is this 'Box Office Movies' section ?

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:52 am

Well, it states that they are desperatly finding arguments to take us down...

But still, all those isohunt-links and forum-talks aren't illegal I think. It's not the site-owners fault that stuff isn't used the legal way.

EDIT: f**k, never felt that much hate before. I used to download games and movies here to try them before I buy them...

Now I'll never buy anything from those greedy bastards again!!!

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:02 pm

The comments mentioned in the summary of the case, mention two posts made by IH. These were made on the 25th and 27th of Dec., 2003. Surely the Californian statute of limitations precludes the use of that information?

1. Linked for the purpose of explaining how a torrent file is modified .
2. A discussion about a release that never had a torrent file successfully uploaded onto the site anyway.

Rolling Eyes

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:05 pm

I've not read the judgment yet but I shall do so soon.

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:44 pm

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In noting the similarities between this case and earlier ones involving both the Napster and Grokster file-sharing services, Judge Stephen Wilson ruled that a full trial was not required and granted the plaintiffs request for summary judgment.

It would appear the matter was decided before hand and the trial was something of a legal farce.

Quote:

As noted by Michael Geist, the court also concluded that inducement liability and the safe harbor provisions under the DMCA are incompatible. In this case it means since isoHunt was found to have induced infringement, it did not qualify for safe harbor.

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In common with the Mininova court defeat earlier this year, the court was critical of isoHunt (and associated sites) staff actions on the site and in their forums.

Incredible. They are outright saying the site and those running it are promoting the infringement of copyrighted material. How the hell can they prove that?