[AusNOG] [ISOC-AU-mems] the press has just asked us if we could supply ahappy torrenter

[Narelle]

Au contraire - if we had ended up with a regimen where anyone using
bittorrent was cut off regardless of their use that would have been a
Very Bad Thing.

Protocols should not be banned.


Narelle



On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:22 PM, David Havyatt <david at havyatt.com.au> wrote:
> Narelle
>
> Not really a good idea.  As you say the court didn't say there was no
> infringement, and the only person who would be "happy" is an infinger.  A
> non-infringing torrent user didn't care.
>
> David Havyatt
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> Subject: [ISOC-AU-mems] the press has just asked us if we could supply
> ahappy torrenter
>
> A member of the press from a prominent news agency has just asked us
> if we can supply a garden variety torrent user who applauds the
> judgement.
>
> ISOC-AU is happy to put you in contact with this journalist if you
> wish to comment, but we would like to caution you that the judge found
> that indeed copyright infringements have occurred, are happening
> worldwide. He also observed that there are legitimate uses of
> BitTorrent.
>
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Narelle
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