QuebecTorrent Shutdown by Canadian Entertainment Industry
Date : 2008 07 14 Category : Web News
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Scores hollow blow against the BitTorrent tracker site after the site's owner agrees to close it down due to lack of financial resources to fight copyright infringement claims in court.
The Canadian entertainment industry managed to shutdown BitTorrent tracker site Quebec Torrents late last week. ADISQ, which represents music artists, APFTQ, which represents a "majority of independent film and TV production companies in Quebec," and the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) had filed suit against the site for copyright infringement and had asked Quebec Superior Court Justice Pierre Tessier to impose a permanent injunction until it resolves the claims.
Site owner Sébastien Brûlotte of St. Jérôme decided that the with limited financial resources available to argue his case in court as well as time to mount a proper defense, to instead agree to permanently shutdown the site.