[LIS-Forum] Hyperlinking to Copyrighted Material is illegal: Australia

[Farooque Shaheen]

The Federal Court of Australia has upheld last year's ruling against 
Stephen Cooper who ran MP3s4free.net, and the ISP who hosted the site, for 
copyright infringement.

Cooper's site didn't host any copyrighted material. Instead, it linked 
directly to recordings hosted on other servers, many of which were 
copyrighted.

Experts say Australian copyright ruling has international implications 
could spell serious trouble for Search Engines and Bloggers.

Some experts have different opinion, they draw a distinction between 
general-purpose sites and more narrowly-focused operations such as 
mp3s4free.net. 

http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/8219/53/

Thanks & Regards,
Farooque Shaheen,
Caritor India Pvt Ltd.
Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105
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The Federal Court of Australia has upheld last year's ruling against Stephen Cooper who ran MP3s4free.net, and the ISP who hosted the site, for copyright infringement.
Cooper's site didn't host any copyrighted material. Instead, it linked directly to recordings hosted on other servers, many of which were copyrighted.
Experts say Australian copyright ruling has international implications could spell serious trouble for Search Engines and Bloggers.
Some experts have different opinion, they draw a distinction between general-purpose sites and more narrowly-focused operations such as mp3s4free.net.
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/8219/53/
Thanks & Regards,
Farooque Shaheen,
Caritor India Pvt Ltd.
Tel. 080-26678388 Ext. 4105