More on illegal linking in Australia

via Technology and IP Business: "Can hyperlinks infringe copyright?"

I think that the ZD net report overstated the actual decision in the cooper case

The judgment makes clear (I think) at para 63 that the hyperlinking as such wasn't the problem. But Cooper was found to have gone beyond mere hyperlinking and actually designed and organised his site to permit and authorise downloading of unlawful copies of recordings.