AFACT v iiNet update

Nov 26, 2009 14:48

NSW Federal Court has dismissed the application by the Internet Industry Association to be heard as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the iiNet caseBasically that means that the IIA can't make submissions to the court about how a ruling again ISP iiNet would weaken various copyright and communications laws that give ISPs protection from ( Read more... )

law:copyright, law:internet, internet

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samikitty November 26 2009, 18:21:43 UTC
well. shit. 9_9

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_leareth November 27 2009, 11:11:50 UTC
no kidding T_T

though i can't help but think that the judge is just tired to listening to this case and wants to get /on/ with the deciding, so the fact that the internet industry body doesn't have anything particularly novel to say is a good excuse for him to say OKAY ENOUGH TALKING NOW HEARING IS OVER TIME TO GO ON CHRISTMAS BREAK XDD

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samikitty November 27 2009, 19:02:14 UTC
yeah... but the fact that this is being done is pissing me off. haha. we have servers in australia too. i don't want this kind of precedent! ^O^;;;;;;;;;; i mean, this case turns on the fact that iinet didn't act on the copyright notices, but still. opening the door to requiring isps to monitor alllllllll their customers all the time. 9_9

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