Roadshow Films Pty Ltd & Ors v iiNet Ltd

Citation
Roadshow Films Pty Ltd & Ors v iiNet Ltd, [2012] HCA 16 (Apr. 20, 2012).

Court Proceedings
The Australian High Court held that iiNet was not liable for authorizing the copyright infringements of its subscribers using systems that iiNet did not operate or control, and that there were no reasonable steps that could have been taken by iiNet to reduce its subscribers' infringements.

This decision severely limited the circumstances under which an ISP could be found liable for authorizing an act by a subscriber that infringes copyright.

Source

 * Online Copyright Infringement Discussion Paper, at 3.