file sharing

In what has been termed a landmark decision (the first time a case like this has gone to judgment) the Australian Federal Court has decided that a major ISP, iinet, is not liable for it's members downloading movies and so on. It's significant in that all the major studios and a large Australian...

http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4040 Apparently the RIAA has lost its draconian 220,000 verdict against Mrs. Thomas. The P2P network in this case was Kazaa I believe. The grounds for dismissal was not due to the excessive amount of money being asked for in the verdict, but the judge did state...