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Case Study - Hosting an Infringing Website

Service: Forensic IT

Background

  • Another landmark IP case where music industry has sued an ISP (Comcen) for hosting a infringing web site providing links to music files (not stored locally). Stephen Cooper is the owner of the site which is hosted by Comcen. An employee at Comcen (Takoushis) was also sued

Ferrier Hodgson Involvement

FH assessed the operation of the mp3s4free site and provided expert reports and affidavits before assisting MIPI with the raid of Comcen and Coopers premises obtaining valuable digital evidence, including statistical logs from Comcen showing the high usage of the site

Outcome

  • Mp3s4free shut down and damages are currently being pursued
 
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