p2pnet.net News:- Michael Kerin, who’s taking over from Michael Speck as boss of the Big Music cartel’s Australian Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI), says he won’t follow the lead of the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) by suing “children and the elderly”.

The MIPI recently raided Perth’s Swiftel in what may turn out to be the first Australian legal proceeding linking an Aussie ISP to BitTorrent. And Kerin has warned ISPs that the, “current Swiftel case will herald a new regime of responsibility for copyright breaches,” says ZDNet Australia.

Prosecution of the ISP for alleged online copyright infringement, “would send a clear signal to ISPs and file-sharing providers of the music industry’s intentions.”

But, “I like to keep things simple," Kerin states. "The people we have litigated and prosecuted have been flagrantly in breach of the law. I think we’ve exposed the myths about people painting themselves as ‘digital revolutionaries.”

However, he said he’d maintain Speck’s line that end-users would not be targeted, says ZDNet, adding:

“This tactic has caused controversy overseas where the industry has prosecuted children and the elderly for online piracy. ‘We wouldn’t like to see those headlines in Australia’.”

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See:-
Perth’s Swiftel - Australia BitTorrent hearing, p2pnet, March 14, 2005
ZDNet Australia - New piracy boss talks tough on ISPs, June 23, 2005

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