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19 October 2016

Torrent sites do not breach copyright, say KAT lawyers

Lawyers representing the alleged founder of streaming website KickAss Torrents (KAT) have said in a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that “torrent sites do not violate criminal copyright laws”.

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