Andrew Ramadge reports: Internet service provider iiNet has won a major legal battle over whether it should be held responsible for its customers downloading content illegally. The case, against the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, could have had major implications for the way internet providers police their users. If AFACT had won, providers would likely…
Category: Court
Australia Post ‘spying’ on workers
Kirsty Needham reports: Australia Post has been accused of secretly monitoring Sydney postal workers using computerised street-side red letter boxes in breach of NSW surveillance laws. But the postal service says it is entitled to spy on its staff because it is not subject to state laws. The NSW Attorney-General, John Hatzistergos, has intervened in…
EU blasts Sweden over failure to store data
Peter Vinthagen Simpson reports: The European Court of Justice has told Sweden that it must implement a 2006 measure requiring telecom operators to store information about their customers’ phone calls and emails. The European Union directive, known as the Data Retention Directive, was approved by Brussels in March 2006, but Sweden has yet to implement…
File sharing on an unsecured wireless network? No reasonable expectation of privacy – court
Sharing files on an unsecured wireless router? Be very careful about what files you are willing to share with the world — and the courts. Over on FourthAmendment.com, John Wesley Hall Jr. notes a recent Oregon ruling: Defendant’s computer was set to share files on his wireless network. A neighbor’s wireless router failed, and her…