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Intellectual Property

Oct. 19, 2013

File sharing service isoHunt to shut down

IsoHunt Web Technologies Inc. agreed to settle a lawsuit filed against it by several major movie studios for inducing copyright infringement.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


IsoHunt Web Technologies Inc., a peer-to-peer online file sharing service that allows users to download movies for free, is on the verge of shutting down after it agreed to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit with a group of major movie studios.


The settlement comes seven months after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court ruling that isoHunt induced users to illegally downlo...

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