Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd · High Court of Australia · 2012

Is the internet provider liable?

Short answer: No: it didn't authorize the piracy.

The facts. Film studios collected evidence that customers of Australian internet provider iiNet were downloading movies, and asked it to act. iiNet passed the notices to no one. The studios sued it.

The ruling. Roadshow Films v iiNet (2012): The High Court unanimously dismissed the appeal, holding that iiNet didn't authorize its customers' infringement.

The dispute was a test case for Australian internet service providers. Parliament later added site-blocking rules.

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