In AU, Film Studios Issue Ultimatum To ISPs 227
bennyboy64 writes "The Australian court case between the film industry and ISP iiNet drew to a close yesterday after the film studios issued an ultimatum: Take copyright responsibilities seriously or leave the industry. 'Businesses such as ISPs want to enjoy the benefit of being able to make money out of the provision of Internet service facilities and they enjoy that benefit. But it carries with it a responsibility,' said Tony Bannon SC, the film industry's lawyer. 'They provide a facility that is able to be used for copyright infringement purposes. If they don't like having to deal with copyright notices then they should get out of the business.' iTnews has done a short one minute interview with iiNet's CEO Michael Malone as he left the court on the final day. Also on the final day, the judge dismissed the Internet Industry Association's involvement in the case."
Re:Yeah, so? (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, so? It’s not the military-entertainment-industrial complex that makes the laws, but parliaments.
They can huff and puff all they want, but that does not make it force of law in any case.
Indeed. If they want a law, they'll have to buy it.
Re:Oh really? (Score:1, Funny)
I have a HDD/DVD recorder that is hooked to a camera on an ROV (robot submarine) and it shut off and told me there was a copyright flag violation. You can't trust a machine to identify copyrighted material. Can't have hundreds of people viewing them to determine it, and they may not recognize it either.
Re:Oh really? (Score:4, Funny)
The funnier next step would be. Sony Vs. Sony. i.e. Sony (The Movie arm) Vs Sony (the tech arm that makes DVD recorders and provides the software to copy DVDs).
in other news... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Pot calling the kettle black (Score:4, Funny)
I'm dyslexic, you've got an OCD, we could probably pitch this as a sitcom idea to one of those American networks.