The judge overseeing a trial between iiNet and AFACT will likely consider rulings by foreign courts - many favouring antipiracy campaigners – in its decision to uphold or quash allegations of copyright infringement by the ISP’s subscribers.
iiNet has welcomed the Federal Government’s new cyber security plans – which include the introduction of mandatory ISP-level filtering - calling the initiative a “structured and disciplined approach” to enhanced cyber safety.
In spite of the many potential benefits of the National Broadband Network (NBN), many Australians may simply be unwilling to pay the price required to gain access to super fast broadband, according to iiNet managing director, Michael Malone.
With the revelation of the NBN, the potential break up of Telstra, the AFACT vs iiNet and ISP-level filtering trials, 2009 has shaped up as quite a year for ISPs. What could be in store in 2010? We ask some of the leading internet service providers. In this edition, iiNet's MD Michael Malone.
iiNet senior counsellor, Richard Cobden, has told the Federal Court of Australia that although 97,000 copyright infringements have been allegedly detected within its customer base there is only adequate evidence to hold one user liable. The comments formed part of the closing arguments in the civil case with the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT).
AFACT’s closing statements have focused on the admission by iiNet (ASX: IIN) executives they considered the information provided in AFACT’s copyright infringement notices as ‘compelling evidence’ rather than ‘mere allegations’. In the final days of the civil case at the Federal Court of Australia, AFACT barrister, Tony Bannon SC, highlighted the manner in which AFACT investigators had tracked copyright infringements.
iiNet is asking the court to find the company’s own terms and conditions to be unenforceable and unreasonable, AFACT has today alleged in court.
A Norwegian court has ruled the country’s largest internet service provider (ISP) does not have to block access to file sharing site The Pirate Bay.
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT), which represents more than 30 film studios and TV broadcasters, has submitted to the court a draft ISP code of conduct relating to computer security, despite Justice Cowdroy questioning its relevance.
iiNet had no intention of forwarding copyright infringement notices to customers without court orders, the Federal Court of Australia has heard as part of the ISP's case with the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT).
iiNet has moved to reassure customers that it never supported breaches of the Copyright Act, following the chief executive’s three and a half day stint in the witness box. In a statement on its website, the internet service provider (ISP) provided an account of day 14 of court proceedings against the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) in the Federal Court of Australia.
Internet service provider (ISP) iiNet does not have the technical capabilities to block BitTorrent traffic from websites like The Pirate Bay, the Federal Court of Australia heard today.
iiNet chief executive officer, Michael Malone, has said he would prefer users to go elsewhere if they were going to use the Internet for illegal downloading. Malone took the stand for his third successive day of cross examination in the civil case between the internet service provider (ISP) and the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) in the Federal Court of Australia.
In the legal stoush between the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) and iiNet, the Federal Court of Australia has heard other ISPs have been able to create automatic systems for dealing with copyright infringement notices.
iiNet receives warrants and other orders to match users' IP addresses suspected of copyright infringement with internal contact details on a daily basis, the ISP's CEO Michael Malone said in its civil case against the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) at the Federal Court of Australia today.