Internet Industry Association (IIA) chief Peter Coroneos faced heated questions in Federal Court yesterday over a "knockout blow" the IIA had planned for an increasingly prolific copyright movement.
iiNet's legal counsel took Gilbert & Tobin solicitor Michael Williams to task yesterday afternoon over the credibility of technical evidence he had presented to the court.
Nigel Carson, a computer forensics investigator and a key witness in the 2004 Kazaa case, was called to the witness box today by iiNet's legal team to answer questions on whether an IP address was enough to identify a movie pirate.
Fibre player Pipe Networks has taken telecommunications analyst house Market Clarity to court in a copyright case, which appears to revolve around the publication of network infrastructure maps.
ISP iiNet undertook today to stop sitting on the fence on whether it will admit that its users have been infringing copyright, in a Federal Court hearing today for the court case brought against it by the Australian Federation against Copyright Theft.
Will new business models cut down the amount of people breaking the law, reduce the market for pirates and remove the need for litigation?
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.
Termination of file-sharing internet users' accounts is coming up for New Zealanders again.
Conroy's blind adherence to his net filtering plan will abandon Net neutrality ideals and push ISPs down a slippery slope of unprecedented responsibility for a callously politicised Australian Internet.
Facebook's answer as to why it removed vigilante groups that had posted details about accused fire-bug Brendan Sokaluk smells of fear that it may be as responsible as media for content published on its network.
The court case between internet service provider iiNet and a number of movie studios represented by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) is grabbing attention as the pair war about who's responsible for Australians downloading pirated content on the internet. This interactive timeline presents a complete history of the trial.
Boss of internet service provider Exetel, John Linton, says the National Broadband Network should be handed to the only company that can build it Telstra and he's not impressed by NBN Co chief Mike Quigley.
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.
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?
Check out our photos of copyright amendment protesters in Wellington, New Zealand, outside the country's parliament yesterday.
Studio 321 is pushing ahead with new DVD-copying software despite an imminent ruling on its legality under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Trying to find a path through the music copy and share debate is a continuing battle, but should it be?
Last week saw two legal wins for copyright owners in their battle against piracy, but raised questions of whether large corporations are playing fair in the marketplace. If they're so keen on globalisation and having a 'level playing field', lets see them walk the walk themselves.
Apple Computer has unveiled its latest line of digital music products, including a long-awaited Internet music store and ultrathin versions of its popular iPod portable MP3 player.
Can a T-shirt break the law? Copyleft, the maker of a popular T-shirt displaying code to a DVD-cracking program, is added to a high-profile piracy lawsuit.
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