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iiNet d. AFACT in copyright case
Awesome. The result has global implications for all ISPs and copyright cases. Keep fighting the good fight, iiNet.

Colorful analogy from the 200 page ruling:

"To use the rather colourful imagery that internet piracy conjures up in a highly imperfect analogy, the file being shared in the swarm is the treasure, the BitTorrent client is the ship, the .torrent file is the treasure map, The Pirate Bay provides treasure maps free of charge and the tracker is the wise old man that needs to be consulted to understand the treasure map."

full result and Ars Technica's thoughts

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