isoHunt was an online torrent files index and repository, where visitors could browse, search, download or upload torrents of various digital content of mostly entertainment nature. The website was taken down in October 2013 as a result of a legal action from the MPAA; by the end of October 2013 however, two sites with content presumably mirrored from isohunt.com were reported in media. One of them – isohunt.to – became a de facto replacement of the original site. It is not associated in any way with the old staff or owners of the site, and is to be understood as a separate continuation.[1]
It originated in 2003 as isohunt.com website for IRC files search and reached over 13.7 million[2] torrents in its database and 20 million peers from indexed torrents.[3] With 7.4 million unique visitors as of May 2006[update], isoHunt was one of the most popular BitTorrent search engines. Thousands of torrents were added to and deleted from it every day. Users of isoHunt performed over 40 million unique searches per month. On October 19, 2008, isoHunt passed the 1 petabyte mark for torrents indexed globally. The site was the third most popular BitTorrent site as of 2008[update].[4] According to isoHunt, the total amount of shared content was more than 14.11 petabytes as of June 13, 2012[update].[5]
The site came to an end when the legal battles that isoHunt's founder had been in for years with conglomerates of IP rights holders over allegations of copyright infringing came to a head. A settlement with the MPAA was reached in 2013, stipulating a $110 million reimbursement for damages and the site's closure that followed on October 21, 2013.[6]
^Ernesto (29 October 2013). "IsoHunt Resurrected Less Than Two Weeks After $110 Million MPAA Deal". TorrentFreak. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^"Toolbar and Stats". Isohunt.com. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
original isoHunt has made it clear that the team behind isohunt.com has not been involved in any way in 'resurrection' of isoHunt. Another site, isohunt.ee...
during the next several days, most notably oldpiratebay.org, created by isoHunt. On 19 May 2015, the .se domain of The Pirate Bay was ordered to be seized...
Ernesto (27 November 2014). "UK Piracy Blocklist Expands With Demonoid, Isohunt, IPTorrents and More". TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on 15 March...
Open Internet, isoHunt Tells Court". TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2013. "Isohunt-scbc". Scribd...
This decision was appealed by the operators of isoHunt; the appeal was also denied. In late 2009, isoHunt filed a formal suit against Music Canada and the...
2009. On 21 December 2009 a federal district court found the founder of isoHunt guilty of inducing copyright infringement. The ruling was upheld on appeal...
other domains and websites down. Similar lawsuits against Hotfile and IsoHunt ended with both sites being shut down and settlements of $80 million and...
proceed with the block, forcing ISPs to block access to The Pirate Bay, isoHunt, and SolarMovie, as well as the already defunct Torrentz and TorrentHound...
VODO exposure to their audience, along with The Pirate Bay, Mininova, isoHunt and others. One notable exception to the no-fakes mechanic was a 2008 April...
of a settlement with the MPAA, Gary Fung shuts down Torrent index site Isohunt, but mirrors soon pop up. December 2013 – Hotfile shuts down following...
Demonoid began blocking Canadian traffic, a strategy similar to that taken by isoHunt and TorrentSpy in blocking American traffic to avoid RIAA complaints. Visitors...
2014-09-05. ... The complaint specifically mentions the BitTorrent sites isohunt.com, kickasstorrents.com and nyaatorrents.org as potentially playing a...
itself down. In February 2006, the MPAA filed lawsuits against TorrentSpy, isoHunt, and others for "abusing technology to facilitate infringement of copyrighted...
number of BitTorrent services were established, including Suprnova.org, isoHunt, TorrentSpy, and The Pirate Bay. In September 2003, the RIAA began filing...
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