As the legal machinery continues to grind in the case of anti-piracy group AFACT versus ISP iiNet, Australia’s Internet Industry Association (IIA) feels it has something to offer the proceedings. IIA has applied to be amicus curiae, a ‘friend of the court’, but AFACT has objected, insisting the group would not be impartial and would favor iiNet.
The ongoing battle over alleged BitTorrent piracy between several studios – Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Disney Enterprises, Inc. and the Seven Network (all under the umbrella of AFACT), against Australian ISP iiNet continues to drag on.
Now Australia’s Internet Industry Association (IIA) is set to request permission to join the fight.
IIA has more than 140 members and has applied to offer its expertise to the proceedings as amicus curiae (friend of the court), as explained by iiNet’s chief regulatory officer Steve Dalby;
“What an amicus is required to do is to provide information that is to the public interest that may or may not come out of the evidence provided by the parties.”
However, while iiNet has welcomed IIA getting involved, the same enthusiasm is not shared by AFACT. Since iiNet is a member of IIA, AFACT claims that it would be impossible for the industry association to be neutral on the issue.
More: http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-group-objects-to-friend-of-the-court-application-090909/
The ongoing battle over alleged BitTorrent piracy between several studios – Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Disney Enterprises, Inc. and the Seven Network (all under the umbrella of AFACT), against Australian ISP iiNet continues to drag on.
Now Australia’s Internet Industry Association (IIA) is set to request permission to join the fight.
IIA has more than 140 members and has applied to offer its expertise to the proceedings as amicus curiae (friend of the court), as explained by iiNet’s chief regulatory officer Steve Dalby;
“What an amicus is required to do is to provide information that is to the public interest that may or may not come out of the evidence provided by the parties.”
However, while iiNet has welcomed IIA getting involved, the same enthusiasm is not shared by AFACT. Since iiNet is a member of IIA, AFACT claims that it would be impossible for the industry association to be neutral on the issue.
More: http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-group-objects-to-friend-of-the-court-application-090909/