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A group of film studios suing Australian internet service provider iiNet for making copyrighted material available to internet users has dropped part of its charges against the group.
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The claim meant that AFACT accused iiNet of not just providing copyrighted material, but that the ISP was the main copyright infringer (conversion).
But last week the studios dropped the conversion claim, along with any damages sought. Federal Court judge Justice Dennis Cowdroy had previously asked for evidence of the claim, but remained unconvinced such evidence existed.
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The claim meant that AFACT accused iiNet of not just providing copyrighted material, but that the ISP was the main copyright infringer (conversion).
But last week the studios dropped the conversion claim, along with any damages sought. Federal Court judge Justice Dennis Cowdroy had previously asked for evidence of the claim, but remained unconvinced such evidence existed.
