Film companies test ISP liability in Australia
01 December 2008
Peter Ollier, Hong Kong
A coalition of Australian film makers has launched a case against internet service provider iiNet that will test the liability for online copyright infringement in Australia
The November 20 legal action "is about testing the ISP's ability to hide behind the safe harbour provisions in our copyright act for liability for infringing material," according to Peter Banki, a partner of Banki Haddock Fiora in Sydney.
The coalition is claiming that iiNet did not take enough action to prevent its users from illegally sharing files over BitTorrent networks, despite being presented with evidence by the companies.
"iiNet refused to address this illegal behaviour and did nothing to prevent the continuation of...
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