Judge Clears Aussie ISP of Infringement Accusations
Posted on: February 08, 2010
Yesterday, after a long legal battle, iiNet, one of the major Australian ISPs, has finally triumphed against an alliance of movie and television studios. Justice Cowdroy who favored iiNet with his decision, considered the ISP was not responsible for the copyright infringing activities conducted by some of its subscribers.
Unsurprisingly, the Pirate Party hailed the news (and they weren’t the only ones 
). Rodney Serkowkski, the Party’s Secretary pointed out:
"This is a good decision by Justice Cowdroy, and reflects that there is no legal basis or obligation for any ISP to act in the interest of copyright holders, or to expect that they should disconnect any entity upon allegation of infringement without judicial oversight and due process," said Pirate Party Australia secretary Rodney Serkowkski.
Serkowski also added that ISPs should not be regarded any way different than postal services which are not responsible for the data they carry and which is considered private.
(via ZDNet )
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