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 legal counsel for the operator of the controversial Web site mp3s4free.net claimed last week there was no evidence of direct music copyright infringement involving the site.
A second witness from the Internet service provider Comcen revealed yesterday that the provider does not concern itself with what their clients are offering on their Web sites.
Internet service provider Comcen yesterday maintained that it has never been involved in the operation of the controversial Web site mp3s4free.net. Comcen made its stance clear during the ongoing trial against the operators of the Web site and the Internet service provider over alleged music copyright infringement issues.
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 music industry has succeeded in having a director and an employee of an ISP added to a court case against a Web site allegedly offering illegal music files.
The music industry has moved to include two directors and an employee of ISP Com-Cen as respondents in its Federal Court case against the MP3 trading Web site, mp3s4free.net.
In what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the world, the Australian music industry has listed an Internet service provider as a respondent in a court case involving alleged music piracy.
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