Aussie Film Industry Appeals ISP Copyright Case 137
schliz writes "The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has appealed a Federal Court judgement that this month exonerated ISP iiNet for its subscribers' copyright-infringing activities. In the widely publicised case, AFACT sought to penalize iiNet for its users having made 100k illegal downloads. A judge ruled that 'mere provision of access to internet is not the means to infringement,' but AFACT now claims the judgement 'left an unworkable online environment for content creators and content providers' and 'represents a serious threat to Australia's digital economy.'"
AFACT? That doesn't make sense (Score:4, Funny)
. . . Copyright Theft?
This goes beyond the typical slashdot positional debate on whether or not violations of copyright are considered theft or infringement. I would propose a new clever acronymic name:
Australian Federation Against Respect for Copyright. That would make them AFARC which would describe their organization and efforts a lot better.
And in other news (Score:1, Funny)
Mr Mew Caugh quoted to the national farmers federation that "steak knives present a serious threat to the bovine community"
I see some possibilities here (Score:5, Funny)
Step 1: From a conspicuously untraceable location, have somebody you trust mail you a particularly vile specimen of pornography.
Step 2: Immediately complain to the police.
Step 3: Sue the Post Office for conveying this distressing item to your house, where no doubt it was seen by children, kittens and the church officials you happened to have as guests.
Step 4: Complain about the terrible damage to the tender sensibilities of said guests and damage to your impeccable reputation for moral rectitude.
Step 5: Profit!
I'm moving to Australia, where I'll soon be rich beyond my wildest dreams of avarice...at least until some specimen of the local wildlife bites, stings, chomps or otherwise envenoms me and I die screaming in agony.
with apologies to "The Castle" (Score:3, Funny)
Tell him he's dreamin'
Tell him to get stuffed
Re:These people are insane. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I see some possibilities here (Score:2, Funny)
You Yankees have some weird ideas about Australia :)
I have lived here for 40 years. I have never seen an emu, a snake (poisinous or otherwise) or a kangaroo outside a zoo - those being the only animals more dangerous than a rabbit. Of our two even vaguely poisonous spiders, I have seen a red-back exactly twice.
I would be more worried about staying in America and getting eaten by a grizzly. Although you do need to watch out for drop-bears over here ...
Re:Oh I I feel so sorry for them (Score:4, Funny)
Or as we Aussies would say - Suffer in your jocks AFACT [youtube.com].