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#1 KiwiCoromandel

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Posted 03 February 2010 - 07:47 PM

The giants of the film industry have lost their case against an Australian ISP in a landmark judgement handed down in the country's Federal Court today.

The decision had the potential to profoundly impact Australia's internet users and internet industry as it sets a legal precedent surrounding how much Internet Service Providers (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 ISP iiNet authorised customers to download pirated movies, Justice Dennis Cowdroy found that the ISP was not liable for the downloading habits of its customers.

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Posted 04 February 2010 - 12:04 AM

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Posted 04 February 2010 - 06:53 PM

Net piracy fight takes body blow....

HOLLYWOOD studios and record labels are being forced to go back to the drawing board to come up with a new way of combating online piracy after the Federal Court ruled that internet service providers are not required to police copyright infringement on their networks.

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