[LINK] iinet wins!!

[Craig Sanders]

On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 10:56:51AM +1100, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> iiNet slays Hollywood in landmark piracy case
> 
> http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/iinet-slays-hollywood-in-landmark-piracy-case-20100204-ndwr.html

this quote is choice:

  "the law recognises no positive obligation on any person to protect
   the copyright of another," Justice Cowdroy said.

in other words, the copyright industry has to enforce their own
copyright at their own expense, instead of trying to externalise the
cost by forcing it onto others.

too bad this principle wasn't applied when they successfully lobbied
to externalise the cost onto the public purse by making copyright
infringement a criminal matter rather than civil (as it used to be, and
as it *should* be).

craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>