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In AU, Film Studios Issue Ultimatum To ISPs

Posted by kdawson on from the bluff-or-bluster-you-decide dept.

bennyboy64 writes "The Australian court case between the film industry and ISP iiNet drew to a close yesterday after the film studios issued an ultimatum: Take copyright responsibilities seriously or leave the industry. 'Businesses such as ISPs want to enjoy the benefit of being able to make money out of the provision of Internet service facilities and they enjoy that benefit. But it carries with it a responsibility,' said Tony Bannon SC, the film industry's lawyer. 'They provide a facility that is able to be used for copyright infringement purposes. If they don't like having to deal with copyright notices then they should get out of the business.' iTnews has done a short one minute interview with iiNet's CEO Michael Malone as he left the court on the final day. Also on the final day, the judge dismissed the Internet Industry Association's involvement in the case."

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  1. Re:Yeah, so? by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, so? It’s not the military-entertainment-industrial complex that makes the laws, but parliaments.

    They can huff and puff all they want, but that does not make it force of law in any case.

    Indeed. If they want a law, they'll have to buy it.

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  2. Re:Oh really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have a HDD/DVD recorder that is hooked to a camera on an ROV (robot submarine) and it shut off and told me there was a copyright flag violation. You can't trust a machine to identify copyrighted material. Can't have hundreds of people viewing them to determine it, and they may not recognize it either.

  3. Re:Oh really? by goonerw · · Score: 4, Funny

    Next stop, having DVD-Recorders and VCRs removed from the shelves of your local super store.
    The funnier next step would be. Sony Vs. Sony. i.e. Sony (The Movie arm) Vs Sony (the tech arm that makes DVD recorders and provides the software to copy DVDs).

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  4. in other news... by smash · · Score: 2, Funny

    hard drive manufacturers have been asked to ensure that their goods are not used for copyright infringement, or exit the industry.

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  5. Re:Pot calling the kettle black by mjwx · · Score: 3, Funny

    National Retail Lumber Association then, check the link.

    I'm dyslexic, you've got an OCD, we could probably pitch this as a sitcom idea to one of those American networks.

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