Hollywood drops another part of iiNet claim
p2pnet news view | P2P | Movies:- Is Hollywood’s attack on Australian ISP iiNet disintegrating?
AFACT, the movie studios’ mouthpiece in Australia, has for the second time withdrawn allegations in its case against Perth ISP iiNet.
AFACT, short for Australian Farcical Allegations against Copyright Transgressions, or Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, has now pulled charges that iiNet cached illegal copies of films on its servers, says IT News.
The, “legal brawl over copyright infringement was instigated by AFACT against iiNet in November,” says ARN.
“Representing a host of movie studios, AFACT accused the ISP of violating copyright laws by allowing subscribers to download films through BitTorrent and peer-to-peer (P2P).”
In May, AFART [read Disney, Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Village Roadshow and Warner Bros Entertainment] dropped its claim of ‘conversion’, “which suggested iiNet denied copyright holders their right over possession,” says the story.
Australian IT has an iiNet saying the withdrawal revealed AFACT’s legal team, “fundamentally misunderstood” the technical realities of running an ISP and are “clutching at straws”.
iiNet says it’ll ask for legal costs over the withdrawn claim.
The case, which now centres on whether or not iiNet allowed customers to infringe Oz copyright rules, will be heard next Tuesday.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
IT News – Hollywood drops another claim in iiNet suit, September 30, 2009
ARN – AFACT ‘goes for the throat’ in iiNet case, September 30, 2009
Australian IT – AFACT retreat reveals ignorance: iiNet, September 30, 2009
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September 30th, 2009 at 9:21 am
AFUCT have also been barking at another ISP AAPT, which is offering unlimited download plans.
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/156640,afact-raises-concern-over-unlimited-isp-plans.aspx
October 14th, 2009 at 3:56 am
AFACT = Australian Farcical Allegations against Copyright Transgressions
Next time one of their Public Relations people let one rip in the media (or one of their dodgy tactics), remember this well;
There is nothing to worry about. It’s just A FART. Now matter how bad their smell is, All farts subside.
We’ll have the last laugh. Eventually they will run out of gas, and well have the last laugh to say R.I.P.