Hollywood attacks iiNet over copyright infringements

The lawyers of Hollywood’s biggest film studios have recently attacked iiNet, an Australian internet provider, over Copyright Theft.

Australian courts roundly rejected the claims, stating that the ISP provider did not “sanction, approve or countenance copyright infringement,” to the bemusement of Hollywood executives.

The film studios believe iiNet should be held accountable for their ISP users illegally downloading films by such means as BitTorrent or UTorrent. Courts rejected the claim due to the fact iiNet have no involvement of the downloading practices of their users.

iiNet made a rebuttal statement, claiming that illegal downloading is unavoidable due to the high cost of home entertainment provided by Hollywood: “People are crying out to access the studios materials, so much so some are prepared to steal it. A more effective approach would be for the studios to make their content more readily and cheaply available online,” said iiNet’s chief executive Michael Malone, adding that he believes iiNet is a “responsible corporate citizen” and has done nothing illegal.

Although the case will be settled later this year, it is unlikely that iiNet will be held accountable for the actions of their users.