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AU Gov't Still Wants ISPs To Solve Illegal Downloads
bennyboy64 writes "Australia's Minister for Communications wants internet providers and the film industry to sit down and work out a solution to stop illegal movie downloads, despite a judge ruling in favor of an internet provider not being responsible for policing illegal downloads. The film studios first dragged internet provider iiNet into the Federal Court back in November 2008, arguing that the ISP infringed copyright by failing to take reasonable steps — including enforcing its own terms and conditions — to prevent customers from copying films and TV shows over its network."
When your highest box office year is achieved through ticket price rises (which it was) and the annual rise was less than the ticket price wise percentage wise (which it was) then yeah I guess they can rightly argue that piracy is hurting them. You can't look at box office earnings without taking into account costs, that is just idiotic, Box Office has been flat or slightly negative since 2000.