Australia's third largest ISP iiNet chief regulatory officer Steve Dalby has admitted in Federal Court to dismissing AFACT allegations of iiNet customer copyright infringement, saying, "we were not going to do AFACT's job for them."

Australia's third largest ISP iiNet has been accused of inviting illegal downloads through its marketing messages by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) in the Federal Court today. As iiNet CEO Michael Malone took the stand for the third successive day in the dispute, AFACT alleged that iiNet has encouraged copyright infringement through its marketing strategy and unwillingness to act on copyright infringement notices.

iiNet CEO Michael Malone has disagreed with the copyright infringement policies of multiple Australian ISPs, including iPrimus and People Telecom, which do what Malone has alleged is out of iiNet's legal capacity to do.

AFACT has continued its verbal battery on iiNet CEO Michael Malone who sat in the witness box this morning, alleging iiNet has merely feigned protection of copyright holders. According to AFACT barrister Tony Bannon, iiNet has been hiding behind its stance of forwarding AFACT infrigement notices to law enforcement agencies instead of disconnecting offending users.

iiNet CEO Michael Malone has come out of his corner punching after taking the stand for the first time in the ISP’s defence against the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft action in the Federal Court today. However, Malone did make one important concession.

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