Australian Court Makes Linking Illegal
“It took almost two years but major record labels in Australia have finally won a legal battle against a Queensland man and his Internet Service Provider for alleged music piracy. Stephen Cooper, operator of the mp3s4free Web site, was found guilty of copyright infringement by Federal Court Justice Brian Tamberlin.
“Although Cooper didn’t host pirated recordings per se, the court found he breached the law by creating hyperlinks to sites that had infringing sound recordings.”
Steven Deare. Judge: MP3 Site, ISP Breached Copyright. ZDNet Australia. July 14, 2005.
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