Los Angeles Adult Entertainment: Studios Appeal Swedish Court Ruling on OpenBitTorrent Host
Stockholm, Sweden – A group of 13 Hollywood movie studios has appealed a decision by a Swedish court not to force ISP Portlane to bring down OpenBitTorrent, a file-sharing network, TorrentFreak reported.
The studios had filed a motion in Stockholm District Court in November, demanding that Portlane cease providing bandwidth to OpenBitTorrent and accusing the ISP of contributing to copyright infringement.
The court disagreed, saying that Portlane must do more than merely host the site in order to be held liable for any infringement by OpenBitTorrent users.
The studios have appealed that decision to Sweden’s Court of Appeal.
They have alleged that OpenBitTorrent is simply “the Pirate Bay tracker with a new name,” and in the new filing liken Portlane to a property owner who knows prostitution occurs on the premises but fails to take any action.
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