[LINK] Front page AustLII case - iinet wins!!

[Graham Greenleaf]

We certainly need this Federal Court case on the front page!

Cheers,

Graham



At 10:56 AM +1100 4/2/10, 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
>http://tinyurl.com/y9puvds
>
>
>ASHER MOSES
>
>February 4, 2010 - 10:42AM
>
><http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/iinet-slays-hollywood-in-landmark-piracy-case-20100204-ndwr.html#comments>Comments
>33
>
>The giants of the film industry have lost their case against ISP
>iiNet in a landmark judgment handed down in the Federal Court today.
>
>The decision had the potential to impact internet users and the
>internet industry profoundly as it sets a legal precedent surrounding
>how much ISPs are required to do to prevent customers from
>downloading movies and other content illegally.
>
>But after an on-and-off eight-week trial that examined whether iiNet
>authorised customers to download pirated movies, Justice Dennis
>Cowdroy found that the ISP was not liable for the downloading habits
>of its customers.
>
>[snip a very long article]
>
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