iiNet wins landmark copyright case

The High Court has spared internet service providers liability for millions of acts online piracy carried out routinely by Australians prompting celebration across the sector.

After three years fending Hollywood's lawyers through lower circuits, the country's highest federal court today found that Perth-based iiNet could not responsible for the trade of thousands of pirate movies and music files by its customers.

The unanimous decision upheld a finding by the full bench of NSW Federal Court in February last year that iiNet did not authorise its customers to breach copyright online.

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