ABC in copyright debate over iview.

The ABC has found itself involved in a copyright debate after forcing the removal of the Python-iview application - an app which allowed people with slow connections and on Android devices to download programs offered by the ABC's iview streaming video application. 

Python-iview developer Jeremy Visser received a letter from the ABC last month advising that the app breached iview's terms of use and threatening further action unless Mr. Visser removed it from his website. They claimed that Python-iview breached s101(1) of the Copyright Act by providing the means for users to permanently download and store ABC iview content. The application had been available for two years, but has now been removed. 

This comes as the latest in a series of recent high-profile copyright disputes in this area. Early this month, Optus was refused leave to appeal its copyright case against Telstra, the AFL and the NRL, with the High Court finding that Optus' TV Now service breached broadcast deals between Telstra and the football codes. 

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