BitTorrent search engine Isohunt to shut down

RHIAN JONES

BitTorrent search engine Isohunt will shut down this week as part of an agreement with the MPAA after losing a copyright infringement lawsuit.

Founder Gary Fung has seven days to permanently shut down Isohunt and three other domains: Podtropolis, TorrentBox, and Edtk-it.com, all of which redirect to Isohunt. He's also agreed to pay the plaintiffs $110 million in damages.

Isohunt has been in dispute with the film industry since 2006, after the MPAA alleged it was encouraging copyright infringement.

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