* BitTorrent is the fourth wave, where not just the file hosting is decentralized, but also the file serving–in that multiple individual users might contribute to serving a file, not any one single user. * the third wave was Grokster, Streamcast and their ilk, where both the hosting and indexing was decentralized * the second wave was Napster, where the file hosting was decentralized but the operator kept a centrally maintained index * the first wave was websites that hosted files themselves As I see it, BitTorrent is the fourth wave of online file sharing: If they do, this case could potentially affect the entire UGC industry.įung runs several “torrent” websites, including Isohunt, Torrentbox, Podtropolis and ed2k-it, that facilitate file downloads using BitTorrent (except ed2k-it, which uses eDonkey). While the loss of Isohunt from the marketplace may not be a big deal, it remains unclear if other, more “legitimate” websites will believe the court’s analysis also applies to them. This is one of only a few cases finding copyright inducement post-Grokster, and I believe it is the first to say that an inducement finding categorically eliminates any possible 512 safe harbor. In a potentially significant ruling that got a little lost in the Christmas rush, a federal district court ruled on summary judgment that the “torrent site” Isohunt and related websites induced copyright infringement and were not eligible for the online safe harbors in 17 USC 512.
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