Copyright infringement – inside the legal minefield

“Several weeks ago the Australian high court ruled in favour of
Aussie ISP iiNet in a landmark legal battle where AFACT (Australian
Federation Against Copyright Theft) argued that iiNet was as guilty
as some of its subscribers of online copyright infringement.

“The ruling sent ripples through global intellectual property
community and potentially has implications for New Zealand with
local copyright infringement laws soon to be bedded down.

“AFCT have announced that it intends to appeal the ruling. To
find out more on how and why this is happening, as well as what the
possible legal implications are locally, I caught up with Rick
Shera, an IT legal specialist, and partner at Lowndes Jordan

“What is the legal argument at the heart of the AFACT vs iiNet
case?”

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