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Australian Recording Industry goons stormtroop Kazaa offices, and "down there" it's legal!

Feb 8, 2004 7:58PM PST
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/02/06/kazaa.raid.ap/index.html

Investigators from the Australian
recording industry raided the Sydney
offices of Internet file-swapping
network Kazaa on Friday in search of
evidence to support allegations of
copyright infringements.

The raid was conducted under a rarely
used law, known as Anton Pillar, which
allows litigants in civil copyright cases to
gather evidence.


What a backward, and oppressive law! Private businesses sending their own goons to raid some other business they haven't even yet filed a case against?! What kind of Gulag is Australian Justice system? This seems so ripe for abuse it's disgusting. I guess the RIAA here in the US didn't get what they wanted in court so they have their Australian goon squads trying to get it for them. Now the question is, since this type of activity is illegal in the US, would any evidence gathered in such a manner be permissable in a US court of law? This approach in Australia assumes guilt, places the accused at the power of the one claiming greivance and then allows them to attack the other business, and that with the Australian court systems blessings. Obviously Australia still has a way to go before they can be considered fully civilized.

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