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  • iiNet trial clears way for 'zombie' code

    The Internet Industry Association (IIA) will press ahead with its new internet service provider security code, with plans to launch a "quarantine" proposal for infected computers by around June this year.

  • AFACT: Judge wrong on BitTorrent

    The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft has today slammed Federal Court Judge Dennis Cowdroy's understanding of copyright law in its appeal against his decision in iiNet's favour.

  • Malone: Appeal won't stop piracy

    iiNet managing director Michael Malone has said he's disappointed that the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft has decided to appeal the Federal Court's decision in the recent copyright court case.

  • Film industry to appeal iiNet case

    The film industry has today filed an appeal to contest the NSW Federal Court's ruling earlier this month in favour of Australian internet service provider iiNet.

  • IIA hits up AFACT for court costs

    The Internet Industry Association (IIA) is also attempting to recoup the legal costs accrued through its own involvement in the Federal Court copyright dispute between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) and iiNet.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    iiNet case dealt filter a body blow

    While a court absolves iiNet from responsibility for what users do with its internet services, Senator Stephen Conroy is exploring yet another way to control what Australians do on the internet. But with the forces of net neutrality seemingly gaining strength, is Conroy's case for filtering losing steam?

  • Read the blog post - Stilgherrian

    iiNet: The whys and what nows

    Last week the Federal Court ruled that internet service providers are not responsible for copyright violation by their customers. This is an important decision not just for iiNet, which spent around $4 million defending the case, but for all ISPs in Australia and, indeed, globally.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    2010: The good, the bad and the Conroy

    The best thing about 2010 is that it's an election year, and the worst thing about 2010 is that it's an election year. Pressed to deliver concrete results to push their case with voters, KevAgainIn10 and Stephen Conroy will do their damnedest to progress the NBN, Telstra separation, the digital TV switchover and the hated internet filter. But can the Opposition parry?

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Copyright protection without the court action

    Will new business models cut down the amount of people breaking the law, reduce the market for pirates and remove the need for litigation?

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Facts on the iiNet AFACT case

    This week's Twisted Wire podcast looks at some of the claimed facts surrounding the controversial lawsuit against iiNet regarding copyright infringement by its customers.

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  • Rudd eyes piracy

    Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said he will look at what he can do when it comes to illegal downloading.

  • iiNet's Malone: Victory portrait

    It's 11am in the morning and the chief executive of Australia's third-largest internet service provider iiNet is striding around his company's Sydney offices, his eyes alight with passion and a big smile on his face.

  • iiNet judgement looms over ISPs' future

    Judgement for the "landmark" case of iiNet versus AFACT will come on Thursday, but with Senator Conroy, lobby groups, consumers and industry members all weighing in on the result, what might the case mean for digital piracy?

  • The war on file sharing hits Australia

    Cover the windows, stay indoors and bunker down the war on file sharing has reached Australian shores. Copyright owners have a fair claim to their content, but is it fair to saddle ISPs with the responsibility of policing their users? And should copyright enforcers be able to steal our privacy?

  • iiNet's copyright crucible heats up

    The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft's (AFACT) hunt for Australia's third largest internet service provider iiNet is set to resume on Monday, with all eyes on its managing director Michael Malone as he takes the stand.

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