Comments on: Judge: iiNet did not authorise infringement

By: Vanessa Deagan

Vanessa Deagan — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:08:30 +0000

I’m proud to be an Australian. Common sense has prevailed. Let’s hope our friends over in the UK have a fighting chance against the Digital Economy Bill (and it being pushed into legislation using the undemocratic “wash-up” process) and the up and coming (and secretive) ACTA trade agreement (Anti Counterfeit Trade Agreement).

I for one do not want to see AFTA and the media giants/copyright holders bring the gate-keepers of the Internet – deciding who can and cannot use it.

By: Delimiter – Why I didn’t expect AFACT to appeal

Delimiter – Why I didn’t expect AFACT to appeal — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:16:43 +0000

[...] I do know that after listening to Justice Cowdroy’s conclusive judgement for iiNet and reading his reasons and the ongoing follow-up commentary on why AFACT lost, I had thought the [...]

By: Delimiter – Tasmania’s dirty bunyip not the last

Delimiter – Tasmania’s dirty bunyip not the last — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:06:13 +0000

[...] film and television studios for illicitly downloading their content via BitTorrent. By the time Australia’s court system finally made up its mind what ISPs should do about the problem (the Federal Government still hasn’t), the issue has [...]

By: Delimiter – After 16 years, Michael Malone is still excited

Delimiter – After 16 years, Michael Malone is still excited — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:38:45 +0000

[...] is because it’s Thursday the 4th of February, 2010. Last Thursday. The day Malone and his team won a landmark BitTorrent piracy case in Australia’s Federal Court against a huge coalition of film and television [...]

By: l33chr

l33chr — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:32:37 +0000

Obvious outcome really, imagine if we started holding liquor stores liable for peoples abuse of alcohol?

By: Glenn Irvine

Glenn Irvine — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:22:02 +0000

I'd be hitting them for the costs Michael!

By: Deadbeat

Deadbeat — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:14:07 +0000

this is great news, the dinosaurs are dying.

By: Delimiter – Conroy to examine iiTrial

Delimiter – Conroy to examine iiTrial — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:12:33 +0000

[...] Justice Cowdroy today handed iiNet a sound victory in the Australian ISP’s long-running battle against a coalition of film and television studios, finding that iiNet did not authorise copyright infringement carried out by its customers using the BitTorrent file-sharing platform. [...]

By: Delimiter – iiTrial: Telstra welcomes “legal clarity”

Delimiter – iiTrial: Telstra welcomes “legal clarity” — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:57:00 +0000

By: Delimiter – Pirate Party, EFA hail ‘common sense’ victory

Delimiter – Pirate Party, EFA hail ‘common sense’ victory — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:19:20 +0000