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

[Mark Smith]

On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 12:22:01 +1100
"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.
> 


I disagree. Anybody who uses bit torrent for legitimate content (e.g.
http://www.publicdomaintorrents.com/) and has censorship/privacy issues
with the government's Internet filter would 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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