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Internet security researchers warned that foreign policy and human rights websites are being booby-trapped by hackers.
Canberra - US and Australian movie and television studios are challenging a landmark court ruling that an Internet service provider cannot be held accountable for illegal movie downloads by its customers.
In February, a full Australian court upheld a judge's decision that Internet provider iiNet had not authorised copyright infringements by customers who downloaded thousands of pirated movies.
A lawyer for a group of 34 movie companies, Tony Bannon, told an appeal court on Wednesday that iiNet had authorised the copyright violations by failing to take reasonable steps to prevent them.
The movie companies include the Australian branches of Hollywood studios Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox.
The hearing continues on Thursday. - Sapa-AP
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