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Australian ISP Wins Case Against Movie Studios

Posted by samzenpus on from the won't-somebody-please-think-of-the-studios? dept.

trawg writes "The Australian High Court has just dismissed an appeal by Australian and American media companies against ISP iiNet, in what will hopefully be the final step in an ongoing copyright lawsuit drama. The Court noted that 'iiNet had no direct technical power to prevent its customers from using the BitTorrent system to infringe copyright.' Ultimately, the court has held that iiNet's inactivity to act on infringement notices didn't imply any sort of authorization of that infringement by their customers. Good news for Australians as a clear line has been drawn that will help ensure ISPs don't have to bear the cost of policing their customers."

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  1. Wait, what?! The court found in iiNet's favour? by lostsoulz · · Score: 5, Funny

    C'mon, surely this can't be true? Stuff like this *never* happens. This demonstrates a clear failure of the studio's lawyering and lobbying. They need to find more lawyers immediately and seriously up their game. If this sort of common sense is allowed to take hold, who knows what may happen.

    1. Re:Wait, what?! The court found in iiNet's favour? by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Funny

      C'mon, surely this can't be true? Stuff like this *never* happens.

      Well it's Australia not some backwater podunk country like the United States. Everything on that slab of rock is trying to kill you, so a few lawyers don't really scare anyone.

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      #fuckbeta #iamslashdot #dicemustdie
    2. Re:Wait, what?! The court found in iiNet's favour? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Actually, as an Aussie who's been twice on his "deathbed" (admittedly only once from our huge array of deadly beasts, especially the drop-bears), I *still* have a fear of lawyers. I'm brave, not stupid :-)

  2. All aussies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And a loud roar came forth across all the land, in a voice strangely reminiscent of one Darryl Kerrigan:

    Hey. Bad luck. [pause] Ya dickhead. Suffer in your jocks!