ISP Defeats Hollywood Copyright Claims

A leading Australian internet service provider was cleared of copyright allegations Thursday when a federal judge ruled against Hollywood’s lawsuit that iiNet was responsible for infringing BitTorrent data traveling its pipes. The Australian Federal Court decision siding with the country’s third-largest ISP was a legal blow to worldwide efforts to make ISPs liable for the unlawful behavior of their customers. “I find that the mere provision of access to the internet is not the means of infringement,” Federal Court Justice Dennis Cowdroy ruled. “If the ISPs become responsible for the acts of their customers, essentially they become this giant and very cheap mechanism for anyone with any sort of legal claim…
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inoop (Omar Reyes (inoop)) : RT @Linnk: A alguien ms le da pena los trending topics locales? :(//Fuera de #internetnecesario & #acta, la neta si..!.. Updated : 2010-03-12T06:12:35Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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World, get ready for the DMCA: ACTA's Internet chapter leaks
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Report: U.S. Fears Public Scrutiny Would Scuttle ACTA
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Secret Anti-Piracy Treaty Turns ISPs into Pirates
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Leaked ACTA Draft: More Power to the RIAA
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