Oz court case exposes lack of fairness

Mike 21 Jun, 2005 at 2:19am ET Article published in Tech

An Australian teen is being prosecuted for having alleged to have linked to the MP3 WMA Land site. He’s also alleged to have some CDRs lying around his house when the family home was raided.

This case is significant for a number of reasons:

* It is the first time that a minor has been prosecuted in Australia by the Federal Government for linking to a website alleged to be involved in copyright infringement
* It is the first time that a minor in Australia has been prosecuted by the Federal Government under the “aiding and abetting” provisions of the Copyright Act
* It is the first time that a minor has been subject to any kind of enforcement proceedings in Australia, in relation to internet based copyright infringement. This reminds me of the infamous US case against Brianna LaHara, who was only 12 when she was sued by the RIAA in the US for copyright infringement.

Source: The Register

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22 Jun 2005 ~ 9:48am deicist

An Australian teen is being prosecuted for having been alleged to have linked to the MP3 WMA Land site. He’s also alleged to have some CDRs lying around his house when the family home was raided.

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22 Jun 2005 ~ 10:28am bothered Quote:
An Australian teen is being prosecuted for, allegedly, to have linked to the MP3 WMA Land site. He’s was also alleged to have had some CDRs lying around his house when the family home was raided.

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22 Jun 2005 ~ 10:40am Cyclonite Quote:
An Australian teen is being prosecuted for, allegedly, linking to the MP3 WMA Land site. He also, allegedly, had had some CD-Rs lying around his house when the family home was raided.

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22 Jun 2005 ~ 10:43am bothered

Cyclonite wrote:

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An Australian teen is being prosecuted for, allegedly, linking to the MP3 WMA Land site. He also, allegedly, had had some CD-Rs lying around his house when the family home was raided, allegedly.

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22 Jun 2005 ~ 11:13am primesuspect

Cyclonite wrote:

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An Australian teen is being prosecuted for allegedly linking to the MP3 WMA Land site. He also, allegedly, had some CD-Rs lying around his house when the family home was raided.

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22 Jun 2005 ~ 11:34am entropy Quote:
Some kid linked to a site to download illegal crap. I guess he also had some CD-Rs. What a horrible, horrible crime.

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22 Jun 2005 ~ 11:35am shwaip Some nub got pwned.

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w3rd.
22 Jun 2005 ~ 2:20pm deicist OMG TEH GOVRNMANT ARE TEH NAZIIS 1111!!!!1one

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22 Jun 2005 ~ 2:30pm TheBaron pwnty