ComCen Internet Services, a trading name of E-talk
Communications, has been in the ISP market since 1995 and is now
being sued in Sydney by Universal Music Australia, EMI Music
Australia, Sony Music Entertainment (Australia), Warner Music
Australia, BMG Australia and Festival Records, according to ZDNet's
report.
Michael Speck, manager of Australia's Music Industry Piracy
Investigations (MIPI), told ZD Net Australia that this is the first
time the industry has accused an ISP of being directly involved in
piracy by allowing its infrastructure to be used for file-trading
activities.
Speck is also quoted by Australian IT, saying: "It is estimated
that up to 20 per cent of the ISP revenue in Australia is generated
by traffic in illegal sound recordings."
