[A2k] Canadian Court Pulls Plug On Quebectorrent

[Anne-Catherine Lorrain]

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 *Canadian Court Pulls Plug On Quebectorrent*
July 11, 2008 - Global
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 By Robert Thompson, Toronto

The Quebec Superior Court has issued an injunction shutting down the
controversial company Quebectorrent.com Inc., one of the most prominent fil=
e
sharing services operating in the province.

The court ordered defendant Sebastien Brulotte to "cease operating the
Quebectorrent Website and any other Website of a similar nature regarding
the sharing of files and the release, upload, download, communication to th=
e
public by telecommunications or distribution of copies of any sound
recording."

Quebectorrent.com reportedly had upwards of 50,000 regular users. The
lawsuit was led by the Association qu=E9b=E9coise de l'industrie du disque,=
 du
spectacle et de la video, an organization that represents the music industr=
y
in the province.

The organization had attempted to get an injunction shutting down the
torrent site last year, but was unsuccessful.

While the Canadian music industry has vowed not to pursue individual file
sharers in court, as has been the case in the U.S., it has been aggressivel=
y
launching legal actions against the owners and operators of file sharing
services such as Quebectorrent.com that saw Canada as a safe haven.

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