After iiNet Victory, Where Now For Anti-Piracy Down Under?

Courtesy TorrentFreak  Wed, 03/03/2010 - 15:21

As the campaign initiated by the RIAA in the United States seemed to show, suing file-sharers does little to reduce online piracy.

The swapping of files online continued unabated throughout the last decade of litigation, prompting a new strategy from the international music and movie industries – trying to hold ISPs responsible for the activities of their subscribers.

However, under the AFACT umbrella, Hollywood lost its most prominent case against ISP iiNet after the court decided that the...


 

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