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Optus wins first round against football bodies

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
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  • May 1 2012

A recent decision of the Federal Court of Australia may have interesting repercussions for copyright holders and their exclusive licensees

The leagues strike back: court overturns earlier decision

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
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  • September 11 2012

The Full Federal Court has unanimously overturned an earlier trial judge's decision in favour of Optus

Movie studios fail in appeal against internet service providers

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
  • -
  • May 10 2012

The High Court has unanimously decided that an internet service provider, iiNet, is not liable for authorising the copyright infringements by its users who downloaded movies on its network

The leagues strike back

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
  • -
  • June 7 2012

The Full Federal Court has unanimously overturned an earlier trial judge’s decision in favour of Optus (as reported in E-Bulletin - March 2012

Optus wins first round against football codes

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
  • -
  • March 13 2012

The decision handed down by Justice Rares has interesting repercussions for copyright holders and their exclusive licensees

Movie studios fail in appeal against internet service providers

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
  • -
  • August 7 2012

In a recent unanimous decision, the High Court ruled that an internet service provider (ISP) was not liable for authorising the copyright infringements committed by users who downloaded movies on its network

iiNet wins the copyright battle again, but have internet service providers won the war?

  • Piper Alderman
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • April 19 2011

The Full Federal Court recently handed down its appeal decision in Roadshow Films Pty Limited v iiNet Limited, on whether internet service providers could be held liable for "authorising" acts of copyright infringement committed by their users online