Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
EFA spokesperson Suzor
also expressed concern that the approach taken by the movie industry
will unjustly punish users without due process: "To shift the burden of
proof, and require that ISPs terminate access to users upon mere allegations of infringement, would be incredibly harmful to individual internet users in Australia.
“With the mistakes we have seen in the past overseas, where innocent users have
been mercilessly and incorrectly targeted by copyright owners, a regime
which requires disconnection without proof goes against all notions of
fairness."
The EFA says it is highly concerned that ISPs are being asked to violate the privacy of internet
users by spying on their online activities, that eroding the utility of
Australia’s safe harbour provisions “would be extremely stifling to internet innovation and new technology in this country” and that their weakening “is likely to have disastrous effects for Australian internet users” – and while the EFA doesn’t explicitly say, it would set back the growth of broadband in Australia by years.
Although the EFA wishes iiNet
luck in fighting this lawsuit to defend the rights of all Australian
Internet users, it seems clear that iiNet’s competitors cannot afford
to let iiNet lose the piracy lawsuit, for a case won against iiNet is a case won against all ISPs.
Now is the time for ISPs to band together to help iiNet,
for any ISP that fails to do effectively broadcasts to all Australians
that they’re happy to become online policemen and change the nature of
the Internet, forever.
Also - where is the Internet Industry Association (IIA) on this issue? I’ve heard its chief executive, Peter Coroneos, speak on radio about the lawsuit, but there are no statements about iiNet and AFACT or the IIA’s position on its website as of this article being published online. Surely
the IIA's position needs to be stated on its website urgently - will
the IIA issue a call to arms for ISPs to support iiNet in its battle
against AFACT?
Here are links to more information on the case:
LawFont.com’s analysis outlining “the case against iiNet”.
David Bass
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