Major record labels in Australia have finally won a legal battle against a Queensland man and his Internet Service Provider for alleged music piracy.
The legality of hyperlinks is back under the spotlight again, and Australia will be watching for the decision of a US federal judge who is considering whether to issue an injunction to prevent a company issuing cease-and-desist letters in relation to hyperlinks.
A growing number of Web sites are cracking down on other sites that post links without permission. Critics say it's a threat to the very nature of the Web.
Google claims to rank search results by relevance, but the search engine engages in deceptive conduct by selling off the top positions to commercial partners, a Sydney court has heard.
Lawyers for music industry players claimed Stephen Cooper received "hundreds of millions of hits" per year to his allegedly illegal music download site, "mp3s4free", as the long-awaited court case against the retired policeman kicked off at the Federal Court in Sydney today.
The state of Internet law was in flux in 2001. Lawyer Doug Isenberg says that if any lesson has emerged, it's that the same thing will probably remain true for 2002.
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