![]() ![]() It’s been a learning experience beyond what I imagined. “It started as a programming hobby in my university days that has become so, so much more. 10.5 years of isoHunt has been a long journey by any business definition and forever in Internet startup time. But I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race and I have remained faithful. ![]() His skills are likely to be in great demand in the age of content streaming, even if he does have a $110million debt hanging over his head. In an emotional blog post entitled “Hello, Brave New World”, Fung (or someone claiming to be him) said he would move on to new projects following the demise of his most famous creation. Twitter, one filesharer said the shuttering of his “favourite place” was ”the end of an era” while another simply moaned: “Isohunt is shutting down. It also sends a strong message that those who build businesses around encouraging, enabling, and helping others to commit copyright infringement are themselves infringers, and will be held accountable for their illegal actions.”īut while Hollywood and other copyright holders rubbed their hands with glee, many people online were upset to see the demise of such a famous site. In a triumphant statement, he said: “Today’s settlement is a major step forward in realizing the enormous potential of the Internet as a platform for legitimate commerce and innovation. Senator Chris Dodd, chairman and chief executive of the MPAA, exulted in the victory. Google is increasingly becoming a self-righteous Big Brother of the Web. IsoHunt owner Gary Fung said told the blog in an interview, "It's a lot more subtle than the censorship attempts made possible by the pending PROTECT IP and SOPA bills, but it's still censorship and it starts small. ![]() She also detailed that "this is something we looked at and thought we could make some narrow and relatively easy changes to our Autocomplete algorithm that could make a positive difference". While there is no silver bullet for infringement online, this measure is one of several that we have implemented to curb copyright infringement online," Google manager of global communications and public affairs Mistique Cano previously said to TorrentFreak. Why? Possibly because the search giant most likely wants to be on good terms with copyright holders, such as major movie and music studios. Google's blacklist also evidently blocks the names of these websites in their Google Instant, auto-complete search services, while the webpages themselves remain indexed. According to file-sharing blog TorrentFreak, "the changes were quietly processed and appear to be broader than previous additions". Google has started blacklisting many of the top file-sharing websites on the Internet, including torrent site The Pirate Bay, as well as isoHunt, and 4Shared. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
March 2023
Categories |