‘Sue ‘em all!’ – Hollywood tells Oz ISPs
p2pnet view Movies | P2P | Politics:- According to farcical AFACT, still smarting after an ignominious defeat by Australian IS anP iiNet, “there is still a legal obligation in Australia for ISPs to prevent repeat copyright infringement”.
AFART “is of course the Hollywood-owned ‘trade’ unit which recently ended up with egg all over its face and holes in both feet after trying to stomp local ISP iiNet”, said p2pnet recently, going on:
“Instead, it was ordered by a court to pay costs of around $4 million and is now trying desperately to weasel out of it.”
It’ll be back in court Wednesday “when a timetable for the appeal is expected to be set”, says The Age, from whence came the quote in the intro.
According to mouthlady Adrianne Pecotic, “The current state of the law as a result of the iiNet decision is a threat to our digital economy.”
Oh dear.
“Pecotic was calling the Government to follow in the footsteps of Britain and France by enforcing tougher laws to combat move and TV piracy”, says Arnet.com.au, going on:
“iiNet has blasted back, stating ISPs have always been open to discussion with content holders.
“The Internet industry and copyright holders had been in detailed discussions for a number of years before AFACT and [Pecotic], called off negotiations in August 2007 to commence their unsuccessful legal proceedings against iiNet.”
(Cheers, Filip)
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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
p2pnet – Hollywood’s AFACT: spying on Australians, March 3, 2010
weasel out of it – AFACT goes after iiNet for costs, February 22, 2010
The Age – Canberra urged to join net fightback, April 19, 2010
Arnet.com.au – iiNet blasts AFACT’s attack on ISPs, April 19, 2010
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April 20th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
just like any thing to do with the creative industries:
You lose you have to pay, or else!!!
We (creative industries) lose, we will just hold and hold and try to pull some corrupt string and hopefully weasel out of it.
April 20th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
then….
try to fuck over more of the people who they depend on to make them even richer
April 20th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
“The current state of the law as a result of the iiNet decision is a threat to our digital economy.”
[George Takei]
“Ohh, my!!”
April 20th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Hi,
I think in our current state of copywrong thinking imposed by Big Brother (BB) we need to move outside the box and educate people in ways that they can not get into trouble when dl to refer to a post of my own http://www.p2pnet.net/story/38488
yes brand me as a pirate, terrorist helper etc I dont realy care. I brand you as a terrorist maker so there na na!
It is idiotic the way the industry works they have a label for example the beatles when the rights were due to run out what happens “Music companies demand extended period of copyright” from http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/music-companies-demand-extended-period-of-copyright-473830.html
It is a sad situation that can only be beaten by either,
A, Dont buy any new labels (Harms genuine artists)
B, Using tactics in my referenced post (Makes you a crim for trying to hide)
Untill it is unilateraly accepted that these people (the ones with the wonga) are the only people making laws/legislation (instead of the common people) then unfortunatly less tech savy peeps will keep being made an example of.
Give them the rights to our/your IP and what we look at then whats next http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20001311-93.html
I guess the internet isnt created/edited/improved by us anymore
Peace out
April 20th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
What digital economy? You mean the one where they email settlement letters instead of just the post?