Film companies sue iiNet 'for allowing piracy'

"The Australian film and television industry has launched a major legal action against one of Australia's largest internet service providers for allegedly allowing its users to download pirated movies and TV shows.

The action against iiNet was filed in the Federal Court today by Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, Disney and the Seven Network.

Mark White, iiNet's chief operating officer, said the company did not support piracy in any form but it could not disconnect customers just because the movie industry claimed they engaged in illegal downloading." Source


haha - next they will be suing Telstra for allowing people to discuss crime on the phone?! Or Xerox for allowing people to photocopy a copyrighted book. What a bunch of dickheads.