Desktop Marketing Systems Pty Ltd vs Telstra

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On 29 June 2001, a legal case Telstra Corporation Ltd v Desktop Marketing Systems Pty Ltd as heard in the Australian Federal Court. The case was lodged following the release of a product called "Phonedisk" created by Desktop Marketing Systems Pty Ltd. The investigation found that the content of that product, which allowed the user to search by service number, was almost identical in content to the publicly listed directories, even if some of the content was listed in a different fashion. The court's findings gave Telstra, the predominant carrier within Australia and the maintainer of the publicly accessible White Pages (residential) and Yellow Pages (commercial) directories, copyright over the content of these directories.

As a result, that product was removed from sale. Further, a web-based reverse directory, called "Blackpages", created by 2600 Australia, also terminated its service.