Australian Screen Association

<h2 id="members">Members</h2>
<p>The organisation comprises <a href="/facts/Walt_Disney_Studios_Home_Entertainment/2d7ffqpN">Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment</a>, <a href="/facts/20th_Century_Fox/vd5eeD3S">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="/facts/Paramount_Pictures/F6UIvDD9">Paramount Pictures</a>, <a href="/facts/Roadshow_Entertainment/p4eWlolj">Roadshow Entertainment</a>, <a href="/facts/Sony_Pictures/YxC3IxrW">Sony Pictures</a>, <a href="/facts/Universal_Pictures/2xUCraUP">Universal Pictures</a>, <a href="/facts/Warner_Brothers/JRF3lhQ6">Warner Brothers</a> and the <a href="/facts/MPAA/QHz4RQIN">MPAA</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="court-case">Court case</h2>
<p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Roadshow_Films_v_iiNet/olvCrteP">Roadshow Films v iiNet</a></p>
<p>The organisation brought <a href="/facts/Roadshow_Films_v_iiNet/olvCrteP">a lawsuit</a> to the <a href="/facts/Federal_Court_of_Australia/MgTmq0qv">Federal Court of Australia</a> against Australian internet service provider, <a href="/facts/IiNet/um2UDAm8">iiNet</a>, on 20 November 2008, alleging that iiNet had authorised copyright infringement on its network. AFACT had used Dtecnet, a company that tracks online copyright infringement to discover users sharing copyrighted content through <a href="/facts/BitTorrent_(protocol)/HP9ChWWW">BitTorrent</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
</p><p>The Federal Court decision cleared iiNet on 4 February 2010. Justice Cowdroy found that "mere provision of access to internet is not the means to infringement".
</p><p>AFACT lost <a href="/facts/AFACT_v_iiNet_Ltd/olvCrteP">its appeal</a> to the Federal Court on 24 February 2011.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> It was ordered to pay iiNet's legal bills. 
</p><p>AFACT lost a further appeal to the <a href="/facts/High_Court_of_Australia/S6StKyu1">High Court of Australia</a> on 20 April 2012.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul>
<li>Australia portal</li><li>Internet portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Internet_in_Australia/D3JRaYVU">Internet in Australia</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Legal_aspects_of_file_sharing/qkQxpMsx">Legal aspects of file sharing</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Trade_group_efforts_against_file_sharing/23grEtvB">Trade group efforts against file sharing</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.screenassociation.com.au/">Official website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1"><p>Renai LeMay (13 July 2011). "AFACT strong-arming ISPs: Pirate Party". ZDNet Australia. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110717180438/http://www.zdnet.com.au/afact-strong-arming-isps-pirate-party-339318464.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110717180438/http://www.zdnet.com.au/afact-strong-arming-isps-pirate-party-339318464.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Richard Chirgwin (31 August 2011). "Wikileaked cable: AFACT was MPAA's cat's-paw". The Register. Retrieved 14 January 2012. <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/31/afact_subcontractor_to_mpaa/" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/31/afact_subcontractor_to_mpaa/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"About Us". AFACT. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104102256/http://www.afact.org.au/index.php/about/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120104102256/http://www.afact.org.au/index.php/about/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Josh Taylor (30 November 2011). "iiNet vs. AFACT: the road to High Court". ZDNet. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 14 January 2012. <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/iinet-vs-afact-the-road-to-high-court/" target="_blank">https://www.zdnet.com/article/iinet-vs-afact-the-road-to-high-court/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Chris Jager (24 February 2011). "iiNet vs AFACT: Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft loses appeal". PC & Tech Authority. Haymarket Media. Retrieved 14 January 2012. <a href="http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/249218,iinet-vs-afact-australian-federation-against-copyright-theft-loses-appeal.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/249218,iinet-vs-afact-australian-federation-against-copyright-theft-loses-appeal.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"High Court Judgment Summary: Roadshow Films Pty Ltd & Ors v iiNet Ltd" (PDF). 20 April 2012. <a href="http://www.hcourt.gov.au/assets/publications/judgment-summaries/2012/hcasum16_2012_04_20_iiNet.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hcourt.gov.au/assets/publications/judgment-summaries/2012/hcasum16_2012_04_20_iiNet.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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