[IMG]http://www.theeca.com/newsletters/afact.jpg[/IMG]In light of it [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/02/04/au-court-lets-isp-hook-over-illegal-downloads]losing a court battle[/URL] to ISP [URL=http://www.iinet.net.au/]iiNet[/URL] over online piracy, the [URL=http://www.afact.org.au/]Australian Federation Against Copyright (AFACT)[/URL] has asked the Australian government for help.

This move comes just days after a Federal Court Justice ruled that iiNet was not liable for its users pirating materials from the Internet. AFACT Executive Director Neil Gane, as [URL=http://itnews.com.au/News/166371,video-afact-demands-govt-curb-online-piracy.aspx]seen on the itnews website[/URL], stated:

[INDENT]We are confident that going forward, Government policy will not be supporting an outcome which allows for the continued, rampant and unaddressed infringements that are occurring across the internet.

[/INDENT]Federal Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy has [URL=http://www.itnews.com.au/News/141527,conroy-slammed-over-stunning-iinet-trial-comments.aspx]previously indicated[/URL] that the outcome of the iiNet trials would influence his future policy decisions.

One aspect of the ruling that might spur an appeal from AFACT was a ruling that the organization must pay iiNet’s court fees, estimated at around $4.0 million AU.

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