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Court ruling gives joy to downloaders…kind of

by Alex Dickinson

08 Feb 05:50am

Filed under: Australian Recording Industry, Ipod, Isp Iinet, Music Downloads

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Phew! A generation of movie and music sharers breathed a sigh of relief last week.

Free downloads…and the courts suggest we're free to keep downloading.

In case you missed it, the Federal Court of Australia handed down an internationally significant decision that internet service providers are not responsible for the downloading habits of their customers.

The suit was brought on Perth-based ISP iiNet by an intimidating alliance including Disney, Warner Bros, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Village Roadshow and Sony who alleged iiNet were aware of, and allowed, Australian users to download pirated movies.

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TB says:

01:46pm | 08/02/10

This legal bickering reminds me of the outcry that Hollywood had over the VCR back in the late ‘70s - for those who don’t know, the studios wanted VCRs taken off store shelves completely on the grounds that video piracy was going to bankrupt them. Thankfully, sanity prevailed, and the… Read more »
Go the inter-net. says:

01:33pm | 08/02/10

Well it is all the inter-nets fault isn’t it?? Read more »

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