[AusNOG] Dallas Buyers Club vs iiNet

[Paul Wilkins]

Don't think of it as a horse - think of it as a carbon neutral, solar
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On 7 April 2015 at 17:06, Shane Short <shane at short.id.au> wrote:

> Or we could get Paul Wilkins in to tell us what life is like up on his
> high horse! :)
>
>
> Paul Wilkins wrote:
>
> We need Ben Grubb to give us the scoop on how Australian traffic numbers
> have collapsed :)
>
> Paul Wilkins
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> On 7 April 2015 at 15:08, Narelle <narellec at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dallas Buyers Club slays iiNet in landmark piracy case
>> April 7, 2015 - 2:49PM
>> Ben Grubb
>>
>> A Federal Court judge has ordered several Australian internet service
>> providers, including iiNet, to hand over to a film studio the
>> identities of thousands of account holders whose internet connections
>> were allegedly used to share without authorisation the Dallas Buyers
>> Club movie.
>>
>> In a landmark judgment delivered on Tuesday afternoon, Justice Nye
>> Perram ruled in favour of Dallas Buyers Club LLC's "preliminary
>> discovery" application requesting that the ISPs disclose the
>> identities of people it alleges shared the movie online.
>>
>> In addition to iiNet, ISPs Dodo, Internode, Amnet Broadband, Adam
>> Internet and Wideband Networks will also be required to hand over
>> customer details.
>>
>> It was unclear on Tuesday whether iiNet would appeal the decision
>> before the Full Court of the Federal Court. They will have 28 days to
>> do so.
>>
>> The ruling means about 4700 Australian internet account holders whose
>> service was used to share Dallas Buyers Club on the internet from as
>> early as May 2013 are soon likely to receive legal letters from Dallas
>> Buyers Club LLC's Australian lawyers threatening legal action unless
>> large sums of money are paid for breach of copyright.
>>
>> This occurred in the US, where legal action was threatened against
>> account holders claiming they were liable for damages of up to
>> $US150,000 ($196,656) in court unless settlement fees of up to $US7000
>> ($9171) were paid. This practice is commonly referred to as
>> "speculative invoicing".
>>
>> But in a win for iiNet and the other ISPs, the judge ordered that any
>> letters sent to ISP customers must first be seen by him.
>>
>> The judge also ordered that the privacy of individuals should be
>> protected, meaning Dallas Buyers Club cannot disclose the identities
>> of letter recipients.
>>
>> etc at:
>>
>>
>> http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/dallas-buyers-club-slays-iinet-in-landmark-piracy-case-20150407-1mey38.html
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
>> Narelle
>> narellec at gmail.com
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