Aussie ISP beats Hollywood in court

[v0idE]

To get the background on this farcical court case, read a thread I posted last year:
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=41566

Turns out the case ended last Thursday with a ruling in favour of iiNet. In summary the Judge stated:

The key question is: Did iiNet authorise copyright infringement? The Court answers such question in the negative for three reasons: first because the copyright infringements occurred directly as a result of the use of the BitTorrent system, not the use of the internet, and the respondent did not create and does not control the BitTorrent system; second because the respondent did not have a relevant power to prevent those infringements occurring; and third because the respondent did not sanction, approve or countenance copyright infringement.

This is an excellent outcome for common sense and a big F*** OFF to Hollywood for trying to intimidate a foreign country. The impact of this ruling will come in due course, but I sincerely hope other countries follow our lead (now just help us get rid of the Great Australian Firewall!).

[mfukar]

Any idea if this sets a legal precedent for ISPs in other countries? If it does, it's pretty sweet.

[v0idE]

I don't think it would, but it would be nice if other countries used this as an example

[psilocybin]

hey, it's about time you guys had a win... I've been hearing a lot of bad stuff about the tubes down in kangaroo land.