Australia's music industry piracy investigations unit is preparing to face Internet service provider Swiftel Communications in the Federal Magistrates' Court on Wednesday following the raid on Swiftel's premises in Perth, Western Australia last week.
Australia's music industry piracy investigations unit has raided an Internet service provider in Perth in what it says is the first Australian assault on the use of BitTorrent technology for copyright infringement.
The music industry's anti-piracy unit claims 50 file-sharing hubs in Australia closed down this week following its raid on Internet service provider Swiftel Communications for alleged copyright infringement issues.
Qantas fraud investigator Michael Kerin is expected to be confirmed as the music industry's new piracy enforcer within the next two weeks, record company sources claim.
The Australian music industry's newly-appointed chief piracy investigator has warned ISPs that the current Swiftel case will herald a new regime of responsibility for copyright breaches.
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