After Court Loss, AFACT Looks to Government for Help
After Court Loss, AFACT Looks to Government for Help
February 5, 2010
In light of it losing a court battle to ISP iiNet over online piracy, the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has asked the Australian government for help.
This move comes just days after a Federal Court Justice ruled that iiNet was not liable for its users pirating materials from the Internet. AFACT Executive Director Neil Gane, as seen on the itnews website, stated:
We are confident that going forward, Government policy will not be supporting an outcome which allows for the continued, rampant and unaddressed infringements that are occurring across the internet.
Federal Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy has previously indicated that the outcome of the iiNet trials would influence his future policy decisions.
One aspect of the ruling that might spur an appeal from AFACT was a ruling that the organization must pay iiNet’s court fees, estimated at around $4.0 million AU.
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As much fun as it is to leave the name of the organization as the follows:
Australian Federation Against Copyright (AFACT)
You did forget the word "Theft" at the end.
E. Zachary Knight
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http://www.theeca.com/chapters_oklahoma
Yeah that one word makes all the difference. Until I realized the mistake I was very confused about this.
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Debates are like merry go rounds. Two people take their positions then they go through the same points over and over and over again. Then when it's over they have the same positions they started in.
Looks like it was taken care of, unless the error was elsewhere...
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""A Chrono Trigger is anything that unleashes its will or desire to change history!" -Gaspar
"We are confident that going forward, Government policy will not be supporting an outcome which allows for the continued, rampant and unaddressed destruction of rights that are occurring by groups like AFACT."
Fixed that for them.
Australian Federation Against Common Sense?
-Optimum est pati quod emendare non possis-It is best to endure what you cannot change-
Are arms makers sued when a person shoots someone? No. Do you sue Jack Daniels when someone has a DUI? No. Do you sue an ISP for things its users do? No.
According to the people above all three of those answers should be yes.
Actually, for a few months, Firearm Manufacturers were being sued every time someone was shot by their firearm in the United States with lawyers paid for by the Brady Campaign, the Joyce Foundation, and other anti-gun groups. Their hope was that the frivolous lawsuits would put American firearms manufacturers out of business. Then congress passed laws protecting the manufacturers from those frivolous suits.
Wow. If they had their way the US would have been invaded and successfully taken over ages ago.
Ok they played their court card and lost and now they're basically saying that this didn't count...
proceding according to pace actually.
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
So if these people get their way, places that, well ,even host fanart for something could be sured into oblivion.
The Australian government can't pass legislation that directly contravines the ruling of a court. At the very least they'll wait for the appeal before they act. Because if Stephen Conroy (Who has been made a fool of on this issue twice), tries to pass legislation that will override the court decision, it will be blocked by the high court of australia once it's signed into law.
Basically, the courts dont like when the government tries to counter their decisions.
Not to mention the IIA will also sue to block any legislation changes that force ISPs to be copyright cops too.
I almost read that as acta was sueing Australia 0-o
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