Agreed. I know this might not necessary have a direct precedence for the US market but I know in the past on some things like this the US courts, judges, attorneys and the like has looked at what other countries have done and taken a serious look on the reasoning why they went a specific direction so this case even if it's in Australia cannot be anything but a good thing for us in the US. Now if it been a different country like say China or India then well I would almost dare to say the US court system might do the opposite just cause. But consider the historical information both court system wise as well country origin and laws I believe this is a good thing and should be to the US ISP's favor.
/ Eje -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 10:25 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] IPS Cleared of copyright infringement Very good! I've always had the thought that if I, as a provider of access to the internet am responsible for how the users behave.......... I would like to stretch that out and hold everyone responsible for other things such as if a burglar uses the highway to come to your house to rob me, they should compensate me, the telco that he used to plan the crime should compensate me, the cell phone provider he used for his buddy outside to call to warn him if someone was coming into the house should compensate me. The problem is, they are just looking for everyone else to blame for their issues and want us all to police and be responsible for their property. It's this sort of thing that has to be held off or else we become the Big Brother society that many want us to be. I know, I know..... We are almost already there. It's been Frog Soup (look it up) but we're seeing more of it happening more openly and I applaud this court for actually having the testicular fortitude to say "NO". Bob- -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Eje Gustafsson Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 9:28 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: [WISPA] IPS Cleared of copyright infringement Thought this might be found interesting by some http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8498100.stm Granted not US based but sets a bit of a precedence I think. / Eje ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
