11-02-2010, 11:19 AM
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Re: iiNet wins piracy court case
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Originally Posted by mr-thermaltake©
why iiNet specifically? There case seems to be valid for EVERY isp in the world....
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Am sure it was coated in more fancy legal language, but basically iiNet would have been a big enough target to be worth the while of the movie publishers (ie, have enough to be fined multi-millions if they'd won), but small enough to be attacked (ie, if had gone after a Telstra, Optus etc, they'd have deep enough pockets to afford to tangle the process up in legal arguements for years and years).
Oh, and you can be sure every other ISP *was* watching with keen interest!
Thankfully, commonsense has prevailed! Sueing an ISP for their user's illegal downloads would be like charging a hammer maker with murder because one of their hammers was used to bludeon someone to death.
Every Internet user needs to take responsibility for their own actions on the Internet. So it is important to remember, this ruling does not condone illegally downloading movies etc, only that an ISP cannot be held responsible for their user's actions.
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