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AFACT (Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft) attempted to force a major ISP in Australia to cut off internet services for accused (IP based accusation via letter). After nearly twelve month court trial, the judge shredded AFACT's case and awarded iiNet four million dollars damages.
The government indicated it was not considering forcing legislation for three strikes and there would be a huge uproar here if it did, as the opposition to Senator Conroy's "great firewall of Australia" internet filter is growing in size. All major ISP's in Australia are opposed to three strikes as they all firmly believe that AFACT and similar are standing on shaky ground when it comes to third parties with agendas accusing internet offenders of piracy based on the IP model. The recent court case iiNet won is solid legal support to that notion.
All this proposal does is force the ISP's to do the dirty work for the the entertainment industry. Depriving a person of a service (internet access) because they are accused of something is simply wrong.
This seems another bandaid solution to an ailing distribution and rights model. Dinosaur stuff.
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