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• iiNet stands firm on legislative defence

  iiNet did not comply with requests to cancel the accounts of alleged copyright infringers, but it did not need to, iiNet's legal counsel argued today as the ISP started to close off its legal battle in the Federal Court.

• AFACT attacks Westnet piracy policy

  iiNet managing director Michael Malone today denied that cancelling iiNet subsidiary Westnet's policy to forward copyright breach notifications was designed to be obstructive to copyright holders.

• AFACT: Our evidence not 100% reliable

  The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft's (AFACT) solicitor, Gilbert & Tobin's Michael Williams, has conceded that the techniques AFACT used to count iiNet customers' copyright breaches was not 100 per cent "reliable".

• ACCC rejects software buy

  Thomson Reuters Australia's purchase of Ernst & Young's tax compliance software business, Ernst & Young Information Systems, has been opposed by the competition regulator.

• Kazaa witness takes iiTrial stand

  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.

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  Samuel's battle with the phone cards

  Telephone call cards how dodgy are they, despite recent court actions by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission?

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  Labor or Liberal, it's Telstra's election

  If there was ever evidence that the stoush over broadband had gotten personal, it came when Telstra's sour-grapes mentality led it to sue Helen Coonan, personally, for claimed procedural flaws in the OPEL contract.

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• 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.

• Exetel boss bets against NBN and Quigley

  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.

• Court tweets sustained but paper still lurks

  The seemingly steeped-in-tradition Federal Court surprised a few observers last week when it coolly accepted Twitter's presence in its rooms. But its broader approach to technology is nothing short of ambiguous.

• Twitter in court: Why not streaming video?

  Twitter coverage of the AFACT vs. iiNet trial is breathing new life into court reporting. Why don't we as a society take the next step and stream it all live to the internet, video and audio?

• Telstra lost in the wasteland

  From dead parrots to ACCC lawsuits, the National Broadband Network and Fake Stephen Conroy, it's like Telstra is lost in T.S. Eliot's epic poem The Wasteland.

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• Will Microsoft tweak IE?

  Microsoft told the Web's leading standards body that it's considering making changes to its Internet Explorer browser in light of a recent ruling against the company in a patent infringement lawsuit.

• Can't stop the music

  Trying to find a path through the music copy and share debate is a continuing battle, but should it be?

• The Google gods

  Does the power of the world's most popular search engine pose a threat to the Web's independence?

• Why your PC is no better than a $30 wristwatch

  Why is your PC's clock always wrong? Why do real clock people hate Windows? Why does your PC log onto a shadowy government network behind your back? For answers to these and other questions, read on.

• Microsoft boosts enterprise licenses

  Starting Oct. 1, Microsoft will move many of its most popular enterprise packages--including Office--to a new subscription system that could raise the price 33 to 107 percent.

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