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.
The Australian Federal Police raided the University of Technology, Sydney on Wednesday this week in connection with the "AU$60 million music piracy case" currently before the courts.
The ongoing battle between Australian universities and music heavyweights is heating up with the University of Tasmania claiming it made a mistake when preserving files that could contain evidence of music piracy.
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.
The music industry is this afternoon urgently seeking a court hearing after being advised last night by lawyers for Australian universities involved in legal action over alleged online music piracy that evidence subject to a court order has been destroyed, a piracy investigator said.
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