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

Istorrent
Type of site
Web community
HeadquartersIceland
Area servedWorldwide
Created byDavid Már
URLtorrent.is
Launched1 May 2005
Current statusClosed 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).[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]

References edit

  1. ^ "Verður að loka torrent.is". Visir.is (in Icelandic). 19 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
  2. ^ "Torrent.is Wins Case. To Re-open May 16th". MP3 Newswire. Retrieved 2008-05-10.

External links edit