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Australian Record Industry Goes After the Red Cross

Posted by michael on from the nothing-better-to-do dept.

cavaroc writes "Wired is reporting that the Australian record labels are now threatening the International Red Cross for being a beneficiary of Sharman Networks. They said they'd politely ask them to cooperate, but that if they didn't cooperate, 'It would be incredibly disappointing if we had to sue them.' My favorite quote from the article: 'We never take a case against technology, we will take cases against people who use technology to take away our artists' property.' They're expected to sue themselves sometime early next year. ;-)"

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  1. ACCC's link to the mentioned body by Kris_J · · Score: 2, Informative

    "Deals with all piracy matters regarding the Music Industry. Part of ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association)."

  2. Re:Am I missing something? by TekPolitik · · Score: 3, Informative
    If the law hasn't decided that the company's business is illegal, why would they have the right to freeze the its assets?

    The order allowing this is called a Mareva injunction, and it is available when the plaintiff demonstrates a significant chance that the defendant will move assets out of the jurisdiction to avoid having to pay any judgement against them.