AFACT goes after iiNet for costs
p2pnet view Freedom | P2P:- Having fallen flat on its face in its attempt to use Australian law to railroad local ISP iiNet, AFACT, Hollywood’s Australian Farcical Approaches to Copyright Transgressions, is now trying to screw the company for out-of-pocket expenses.
Or as Computerworld sums it up:
“The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) will take Perth-based Internet Service Provider (ISP) iiNet back to court this Thursday to recoup costs from a copyright infringement case it lost against the ISP.
“AFACT will use a directions hearing to try to recoup court costs in sections of the case which were upheld by presiding judge Justice Cowdroy, and will also claim for expenditure during what the group says were delays by iiNet in admitting the presence of copyright infringements on its network.”
Shortly after learning it hadn’t only lost its case against iiNet for allegedly facilitating copywrite infringement, but also had to pay iiNet’s costs, estimated at $4 million, the “decision is very disappointing for the film industries who launched the case and for the 50,000 Australians who are employed in the Australian film industry,” said AFACT boss Neil Gane (right).
“The ruling came after film companies including Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Disney Enterprises and the Seven Network, the Australian licensee of some of the infringed works, filed a legal action against iiNet in November 2008?, says Computerworld, quoting Melbourne University associate professor David Brennan as saying:
“This is simply the opening battle or the first chapter in the legal story.”
Stay tuned.
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