[x-pubpol] iiNet wins in Australian High Court - Critical Decision

Joly MacFie joly at punkcast.com
Thu Apr 19 21:27:46 PDT 2012


That's great! Be sure to fwd any reaction.

j

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Keith Davidson <keith at keith.co.nz> wrote:

>
> www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/**cth/HCA/2012/16.html<http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2012/16.html>
>
> This story has been very much in the news over the past couple of years,
> Australian ISP iiNet being held accountable by AFACT who were asserting
> secondary liability against the ISP for its users use of BitTorrent to
> infringe movie copyrighted material.
>
> Great outcome for Australia, all 5 judges supported iiNet being nothing
> more than a carrier, and therefore not responsible or accountable for its
> users uses.
>
> Cheers
>
> Keith
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> "The Internet is for everyone"
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