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.au ISP sued by .au media companies

An Australian ISP is being sued by a bunch of media companies:

"If things don't change we'll be going after more ISPs," said Speck.

The charge is the result of an 11-month investigation into the Web site http://www.mp3s4free.net, culminating in raids over Friday and Saturday last week. The registrant of the domain name, Australian Stephen Cooper, was also charged but failed to appear in court today, prompting an adjournment of proceedings until Tuesday 28 October.

Sueing the ISPs is dumb as a rock -- why would you hurt your national information infrastructure just because people are sharing MP3s?? At least the DMCA safe harbour clause saves the collective asses of the .us ISPs. I can't wait until the giant telecom industry stomps out the pesky little enterainment industry.

Posted by Mayhem at October 22, 2003 02:34 PM