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.
|Via Techdirt|
A PUBLICATION OF THE ECA
SUBSCRIBE
LOGIN / REGISTER
Crispy Gamer
GamePolitics ShoutBox
Posted 03/21/10 at 09:57pm
gellymatos: Well, it's happened. The House Passed the Health Care Bill. Now things get interesting, to say the least.
gellymatos: Well, it's happened. The House Passed the Health Care Bill. Now things get interesting, to say the least.
Posted 03/21/10 at 09:56pm
Valdearg: YES WE CAN!!! YES WE CAN!!! MAJOR HCR Vote passed!! Assuming no idocy, we could see it as law TOMORROW!!!!!!
Valdearg: YES WE CAN!!! YES WE CAN!!! MAJOR HCR Vote passed!! Assuming no idocy, we could see it as law TOMORROW!!!!!!
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:23pm
Andrew Eisen: No, I think I'll stay safe and warm in my own little world where Provolone is king and that... other cheese... doesn't exist.
Andrew Eisen: No, I think I'll stay safe and warm in my own little world where Provolone is king and that... other cheese... doesn't exist.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:22pm
JDKJ: I wish the Speaker would ask me for what purpose does the member rise.
JDKJ: I wish the Speaker would ask me for what purpose does the member rise.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:18pm
JDKJ: Provolone?! Please! Try aged Blue Stilton. Also known as Zippy Ass-Crack Cheese.
JDKJ: Provolone?! Please! Try aged Blue Stilton. Also known as Zippy Ass-Crack Cheese.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:13pm
Andrew Eisen: Nothing beats Provolone.
Andrew Eisen: Nothing beats Provolone.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:11pm
JDKJ: Betcha my cheese beats your cheese.
JDKJ: Betcha my cheese beats your cheese.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:09pm
Andrew Eisen: I don't know, I can count pretty high with my graphing calculator. It's a TI-86!
Andrew Eisen: I don't know, I can count pretty high with my graphing calculator. It's a TI-86!
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:07pm
JDKJ: There'll be more dead babies than you can count if the socialists succeed in passing that God-damned Obamacare!!
JDKJ: There'll be more dead babies than you can count if the socialists succeed in passing that God-damned Obamacare!!
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:04pm
Andrew Eisen: Hmm, top 10 child deaths in film. What a great blog post that would make! If I had a blog. And if that hadn't been done a million times before.
Andrew Eisen: Hmm, top 10 child deaths in film. What a great blog post that would make! If I had a blog. And if that hadn't been done a million times before.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:03pm
JDKJ: Whoa! It's some rotten blue cheese, too.
JDKJ: Whoa! It's some rotten blue cheese, too.
Posted 03/21/10 at 06:00pm
JDKJ: *sighs and smiles* I just cut some cheese.
JDKJ: *sighs and smiles* I just cut some cheese.
Posted 03/21/10 at 05:58pm
Andrew Eisen: Well, just so there's no confusion: implied deaths won't get you to the top of my favorite child-deaths list.
Andrew Eisen: Well, just so there's no confusion: implied deaths won't get you to the top of my favorite child-deaths list.
Posted 03/21/10 at 05:58pm
JDKJ: Most authorities hold that "cut the mustard" mutates and derives from "cut the muster."
JDKJ: Most authorities hold that "cut the mustard" mutates and derives from "cut the muster."
Posted 03/21/10 at 05:56pm
Andrew Eisen: Checked the dictionary. I guess you could cut one definition of muster.
Andrew Eisen: Checked the dictionary. I guess you could cut one definition of muster.
Posted 03/21/10 at 05:56pm
JDKJ: Don't take my word for it. Look it up yourself.
JDKJ: Don't take my word for it. Look it up yourself.
Posted 03/21/10 at 05:55pm
Andrew Eisen: Cut the muster? That wouldn't make a lot of sense. You could pass it sure but cut it?
Andrew Eisen: Cut the muster? That wouldn't make a lot of sense. You could pass it sure but cut it?
Posted 03/21/10 at 05:53pm
JDKJ: As in: "Zippy always cuts the cheese but he never cuts the muster."
JDKJ: As in: "Zippy always cuts the cheese but he never cuts the muster."
Posted 03/21/10 at 05:51pm
JDKJ: And I believe the expression is more properly "cut the muster," not "mustard." Not to be confused with "cut the cheese."
JDKJ: And I believe the expression is more properly "cut the muster," not "mustard." Not to be confused with "cut the cheese."
Copyright © 2007 ECA. All rights reserved.
Game Politics and Game Politics logo are trademarks of the ECA.
Game Politics and Game Politics logo are trademarks of the ECA.
Comments
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
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
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.
----------------------------------------------------
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...
-----------------------------
""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
Until lobbying is a hanging offense I choose anarchy! CP/IP laws should not effect the daily life of common people! http://zippydsmlee.wordpress.com/