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  • iiNet reports naked DSL boom

    Western Australian internet service provider iiNet took an extra 47,500 broadband customers over the past year, and also added over 67,000 naked DSL subscribers.

  • Govt to explore Google 'safe harbour'

    The Safe Harbour scheme, at the centre of the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) case against internet service provider iiNet, may be extended to Google and Yahoo.

  • NZ wants bigger copyright watchdog

    The New Zealand Government has released a discussion document for public consultation that calls for more powers for the Copyright Tribunal.

  • iiNet case to hinge on 20 accounts

    The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) case against Australian ISP iiNet will now hinge on evidence contained within 20 anonymous customer accounts, Justice Cowdroy ruled in the Federal Court today.

  • Film studios drop part of iiNet case

    In federal court today the film studios backed down from an aspect of their piracy court case against iiNet, leading the judge to award iiNet compensation.

Blogs (3)

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    The Personal Video Recorder perversion

    While news that Australia's copyright law will be updated is welcome -- so copying CDs onto a digital music player is no longer illegal -- there's still plenty to dislike about the proposed new regime.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    Copyrights and wrongs

    Copyright controversies have plagued the Internet since the early days of Napster, but what is the current state of play, and can the issues ever be resolved?

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Fix flawed software, don't gag the researcher

    If you ran a software company and an independent security researcher contacted you with proof that your product contains security vulnerabilities, how would you react?

Features and Case Studies (21)

  • 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.

  • Obama win good news for tech

    In Washington and Silicon Valley circles, betting has already begun on who will be the nation's first chief technology officer.

  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • Bill Gates and other communists

    Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the issue of software patents.

Reviews (9)

  • Apple's patent bending

    Apple learnt its lesson when it tried - and failed - to sue Microsoft for copyright infringement of its interface. It has since turned its attention to patents but should not be allowed to succeed here either.

  • Mythconceptions

    Commentary: The average fairy tale has more truth in it that some of the rubbish that's endlessly reiterated about software piracy.

  • Can you burn that? Four DVD burning apps tested

    The legal position surrounding DVD backup software is murky, but do the applications themselves work? We test four of the best.

  • Do you copy? Over and out.

    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.

  • Grokster unleashes ad-free software

    The popular P2P software company is letting loose Grokster Pro at a time when the recording industry is turning up the heat on individuals downloading music.

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