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2-0: iiNet wins film industry's piracy appeal
Signalling a possible end to one of the most contentious techno-legal stoushes of recent times, the Full Federal Court of Australia today dismissed AFACT's appeal.
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Samsung Tab: we can feel an Apple lawsuit coming on
Do these Samsung Tab accessories look at all familar?
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Melbourne man sues Yahoo over search results
An Australian man is suing search giant Yahoo for defamation, claiming search results on his name made him look like a criminal.
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ISP snooping law would make piracy lawsuits AFACT of life
A proposal to log your every move online would not only violate your privacy, but provide the missing link for studios to sue file sharers within an inch of their lives.
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Optus threatens to sue Telstra over Next G claims
Optus is threatening to sue Telstra for comparing its Next G coverage to Optus' 2100MHz coverage only, ignoring the telco's expanded 900MHz network coverage.
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ACCC takes Optus to court over misleading advertising
Australia's competition regulator has taken Optus to court for playing fast and loose with the word "unlimited" in plans which do have usage limits -- after it was warned not to.
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Wi-Fi patent has turned CSIRO money mad
opinion | There's a good case to be made that Australia's peak science body is turning into a patent troll.
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Appeal won’t stop illegal downloads: iiNet
iiNet this afternoon rejected a renewed legal challenge by a coalition of film and TV studios as "disappointing and frustrating", adding it would not stop piracy.
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AFACT v iiNet: it's like an episode of The Wire
It came to me the other night, when I was watching The Wire, that the drug trade it focuses on are very similar to that of the online copyright infringement struggle.
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Queensland Mario piracy man fined $1.5M
It's-a-bloody-big-fine-Mario!
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Conroy to closely examine iiNet verdict
Pro-censorship Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says he will examine what the failure of the AFACT lawsuit against iiNet means for the industry.
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Sell us your movies, iiNet says to studios
Rather than lashing out at the movie studios for wasting a year of iiNet's time, managing director Michael Malone has offered a peace deal.
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iiTrial verdict: Telstra applauds legal clarity over user piracy
Australia's largest telco has welcomed the Federal Court verdict against a consortium of film and TV studios that tried to sue iiNet.
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AFACT appeals to government over iiTrial loss
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) says it is disappointed at losing the iiTrial and believes the federal government was hoping iiNet would lose.
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iiNet: Judgement vindicates our stance
Australian ISP iiNet this afternoon said its victory in the Federal Court was a vindication of the claim that it had never supported or encouraged illegal behaviour amongst users.
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