Thread: RIAA Paid $16M+ In Legal Fees To Collect $391K
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Old 07-14-2010, 11:55 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by sabredog View Post
Here, AFACT (Australian Federation against Copyright Theft) filed a law suit against iiNet, which is Australia's third biggest ISP. They were perceived as a soft target. Big enough to be noticed, small enough not to mount a strong defence. Oh how they were wrong....

iiNet was accused of facilitating piracy in the form of downloading movies and TV shows. The judge awarded iiNet the case and AFACT had to pay iiNet AU four million dollars in costs. The presiding judge was really scathing towards AFACT.
What a ridiculous suit. Theoretically, by that line of thinking, states could be sued for operating roads that facilitate the transport of drugs and other outlawed items. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
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