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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Isohunt protects itself by only sharing the pointers to file, not the files themselves. I am pretty sure thats how they get around it.
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Napster tried the same defense, didn't work.
Actively assisting in the distribution of copyrighted works will eventually get you in trouble. It doesn't matter if you don't have a copy of the file and just host/link the .torrent file, you're still an accomplice to the act. Just because the law hasn't been designed to accomodate the situation presented by technologies like bit-torrent and Peer to Peer does not mean it will always be so.
So, my point: ISOHUNT and any torrent tracker site will eventually get shut down and it's owners fined for their activities.
I just hope the law doesn't bring down the technology itself.