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The Federal Court has handed down its judgement in the iiNet vs AFACT case, and it has ruled in iiNet's favour. No doubt there will be an appeal by AFACT but for the moment it seems the Court agrees that providing access to the Internet is not 'authorising' infringement.
The decision had the potential to impact internet users and the internet industry profoundly as it sets a legal precedent surrounding how much ISPs are required to do to prevent customers from downloading movies and other content illegally.
But after an on-and-off eight-week trial that examined whether iiNet authorised customers to download pirated movies, Justice Dennis Cowdroy found that the ISP was not liable for the downloading habits of its customers.
There's some highlights from the summary here and an analysis here. More info on The Age, ZDNet and ITNews. There's a twitter feed with a lot more links here. Thanks to everyone who sent in info! Discussion continues in this thread.
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