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 Post subject: iinet (aussie ISP) beats hollywood
PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:56 pm 
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http://www.smh.com.au/technology/techno ... 1xb12.html

A damaging blow has been dealt to the giants of the film industry in the High Court today after it decided to dismiss their copyright infringement appeal case against internet service provider (ISP) iiNet in a landmark ruling.

The High Court's five judges unanimously dismissed the appeal. In a summary the court observed that iiNet "had no direct technical power" to prevent its customers from illegally downloading pirated content using BitTorrent.

Some background to the saga for those who may be unaware.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadshow_Films_v_iiNet



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This is such total Horse-S**t!
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:18 pm 
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Good news.
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 Post subject: Re: iinet (aussie ISP) beats hollywood
PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:23 pm 
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Of course, according to the Wiki, Hollywood plays dirty
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In a statement released by the executive director of AFACT, Neil Gain, the copyright organization has 21 days to appeal the judgement. However, they are looking towards lobbying the government instead to have laws change to place responsibility for copyright protection in the hands of the ISPs themselves. Sabiene Heindl, the general manager for the anti-piracy arm of the music industry, MIPI, has stated that as a result of this case, MIPI has no choice but to sue individual copyright infringers directly.[17]

It was believed that the government, in particular then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy would attempt to introduce legislation into parliament to modify laws regarding this case to prevent ISPs from using the safe harbour provisions as an excuse to avoid protecting copyright.[18][19] However, Conroy released a statement saying that he has no plans to push for such an amendment and for ISPs and AFACT to have a "mature" approach to dealing with copyright enforcement.


There needs to be a special eternal place in hell for this corporate hollywood mentality AI greedy garbage that wears a suit to work every day and specializes in suing their own customers.


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