Major record labels in Australia have finally won a legal battle against a Queensland man and his Internet Service Provider for alleged music piracy.
The federal court has ruled two systems administrators from Internet service provider Swiftel can be sued for alleged music piracy, overriding an earlier decision.
The IIA has asked its members to "contribute" to the defence of member ISP Swiftel against litigation by the music industry.
The Federal Court of Australia has dealt a heavy blow to the managers of peer-to-peer software Kazaa, finding they had authorised users to infringe music industry copyright and directing them to modify the application to reduce the practice.
One of the directors of an ISP who were sued for breach of copyright by six large record companies has been dropped from the action.
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