Volume: 11 Issue: 1
(January 2009)
Keywords:
internet service providers
isp
copyright
downloading
Authors:
jamie nettleton
mandy chapman
jenny kojevnikov
Organisations:
addisons
Jurisdictions:
australia
In Roadshow Films Pty Limited & Ors v iiNet Limited, seven major film studios have commenced proceedings against a leading internet service providers (ISP) for copyright infringements committed by the ISP's subscribers. Jamie Nettleton, Mandy Chapman and Jenny Kojevnikov examine to what extent Australian ISPs can be held liable for copyright infringement committed by their users, including how untested amendments to Australian copyright laws may be interpreted by the courts.