No liability found.

The High Court of Australia has unanimously dismissed the film industry's appeal against a lower court decision, absolving iiNet's liability for copyright infringement by its users.

In a comprehensive dismissal by all five judges hearing the case, the High Court held the initial Federal Court judgment by Justice Dennis Cowdroy in 2010 that iiNet had not authorised the infringement of copyright by its users.

An appeal to the Federal Court last year also held that iiNet was not liable for copyright infringement but provided reasons it might be if warning notices...

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