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AFACT CEO, Neil Gane said: "We are confident the Government would not want copyright infringement to go on unabated across Australian networks especially with the rollout of the NBN."
He claimd that the Australian Government was dragging its heels on legislation, and suggested that - not withstanding the absence of legislation - ISPs should take some initiative.
"In the three years since the case commenced, legislators, regulators and courts around the world have mandated that ISPs must play a central role in preventing online copyright theft. Fortunately, many ISPs have come to the conclusion that being involved in online copyright protection is in their commercial interests. ISPs are becoming increasingly dependent on monetising legal content and therefore protecting its value."
The High Court found that iiNet had no direct technical power to prevent its customers from using the BitTorrent system to infringe copyright by downloading movies, and that all iiNet could do was to terminate an offending customer's Internet access service. iiNet was awarded costs. iiNet said: "Legal costs of the case to date are approximately $9 million and have already been expensed. A portion of costs will be recovered."
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