The leading film studios and Channel 7 have taken legal action against iiNet claiming the ISP is complicit in the infringement over their copyrighted material.The action was filed in the Federal Court today.According to a statement of claim, “the ISP knows that there are a large number of customers who are engaging in continuing infringements of copyright by using BitTorrent file sharing technology”.
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http://pcworld.idg.com.au/article/268184/Studios sue iiNet over video piracy
iiNet was today dragged into the federal court as major film studios filed a case against the ISP for allegedly letting its users download pirated movies and television series.According to the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, speaking on behalf of Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Disney Enterprises, Inc and the Seven Network, thousands cases of pirated movies and television shows have passed through iiNet tubes without iiNet doing anything about it.
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Film industry sues iiNet over BitTorrent downloads
The leading film studios and Channel 7 have taken legal action against iiNet claiming the ISP is complicit in the infringement over their copyrighted material.