Studios' Oz Power-Grab Revealed

Xiroth writes "More details are beginning to come out about the lawsuit launched by film studios in Australia. According to law experts familiar with the case, the studios seek to force the ISPs to become 'police, judge, and executioner,' effectively giving the studios the legal clout to switch off ISP customers' internet connection at will. Apparently the ISP iiNet is the unlucky victim for the test case as, unlike other ISPs, they refused to pass on infringement notices to their customers."

Comments

Glad someone's fighting

[MoonBuggy]

I'm liking the sound of these iiNet people - they were the ones who wanted to say a big 'screw you' to the proposed government censorship scheme, too. Any Aussies care to comment on whether they're actually the good guys or not?

Re:Because they're fighting back.

[dontmakemethink]

As I posted in a related thread, they not only did not ignore the complaints, "iiNet will be participating in the trials, mostly to prove that the filters are impractical, unworkable and unwanted." The studios are suing them not for ignoring the complaints, not for refusing to cooperate, but just for being reluctant about cooperating.

Major suckage.