Piper Alderman | Australia | 19 Apr 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.
Piper Alderman | Australia, Germany | 6 Jul 2010
The facts of a recent case are redolent of a university choice of law examination question.
Piper Alderman | Australia | 26 Mar 2010
The decision concerned allegations including breach of copyright in respect of the pop song "Down Under", recorded in 1979 and again in 1981 by Men at Work.
Piper Alderman | Australia | 30 Jun 2009
On 18 June 2009, the High Court unanimously upheld the taxpayers' appeals from the decision of the Full Federal Court and held that fees paid to managers were deductible under section 8-1(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1999 (Act) and were not capital expenses which were denied deductibility under section 8-1(2) of the Act.