Recently, the highest court in Australia unanimously dismissed AFACT’s appeal that ISP iiNet was accountable for the bittorrent file-sharing occurring on its network. It was the final skirmish in the entertainment industry’s three-year fight to try and change the role of the ISP in its fight against piracy.

iiNet (ASX:IIN) has won against the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) in the High Court in an online piracy case launched over three years ago.

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The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has decided to appeal to the High Court after its copyright infringement case against iiNet was squashed by the Full Bench of the Federal Court.

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On February 4, presiding judge on the landmark copyright infringement case, Justice Cowdroy, ruled in favour of iiNet, stating it did not authorise piracy activities conducted by its users.