A Federal Court judge has deferred handing down formal orders in the case between the music industry and Australian universities today, but indicated he would order the universities to provide copies of their network records to the music industry's technology expert
Three of Australia's largest Universities today lost the battle to block the music industry from gaining access to their computer infrastructure, with the Federal Court ordering them to allow the industry's experts to gain access.
A music industry piracy body has asked ombudsmen in three states to investigate the conduct of universities involved in court action over alleged use of the institution's networks to breach copyright.
Major record companies have instigated a legal battle with Australian universities over students' alleged use of university networks to engage in illegal file swapping.
Users from several universities and government agencies, including the Department of Defence, Monash University, the US Department of Justice and Harvard University, accessed the controversial Web site mp3s4free.net last year, a witness said during a court case yesterday.
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