Malone seeks time out
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
IINET'S bid to fend off a copyright lawsuit in the NSW Federal Court has begun to interfere with managing director Michael Malone's work duties.
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AFACT v iiNet: Barrister Tears Into iiNet Key Witnesses
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The case continues between anti-piracy group AFACT and Aussie ISP iiNet. As AFACT makes its closing submissions, their chief barrister Tony Bannon has torn into the evidence and credibility of iiNet's key witnesses, CEO Michael Malone and chief regulatory officer Steve Dalby.
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Norwegian court says no to making ISP block The Pirate Bay
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
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. A number of organisations had been trying to get ISP Telenor to block The Pirate Bay since February, when they sent the ISP a warning letter. Telenor rejected the warnings , and the case went to court. Throughout the ordeal, the ISP maintained that there...
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AFACT v iiNet: iiNet moves to reassure customers
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
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. The company...
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Carly Fiorina for....What Did You Say?
New West Network Cities: Idaho Nort (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has announced she's running for Senate in California, hoping to unseat Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer. Long one of Boise's biggest employers, HP is part of Idaho culture. It didn't take long for the Fiorina chatter to show up on Idaho blogs, including Tom von Alten's Fort Boise. von Alten, a mechanical engineer who worked at HP for twenty years and still holds...
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AFACT v iiNet: It’s Impossible to Block The Pirate Bay
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Day twelve of the trial between anti-piracy group AFACT and Aussie ISP iiNet. iiNet CEO Michael Malone was questioned by AFACT barrister Tony Bannon for the fourth consecutive day, this time about the world's largest tracker, The Pirate Bay, and any actions the ISP had taken to block customer access to it.
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AFACT v iiNet: Half of All iiNet Traffic is BitTorrent
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Day eleven of the trial between anti-piracy group AFACT and Aussie ISP iiNet. The ISP's CEO Michael Malone took the stand for the third day running and faced allegations that iiNet encouraged users to download music and TV shows, and actively pursued high bandwidth customers in order to boost company profits.
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AFACT v iiNet: – Pirates Will Be Cut Off With a Court Order
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Day ten of the trial between anti-piracy group AFACT and Aussie ISP iiNet. AFACT barrister Tony Bannon seems to have difficulty in taking on board something that iiNet CEO Michael Malone has said dozens of times already. Yes, iiNet will happily disconnect copyright infringers, but not solely on the basis of an AFACT allegation.
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ISP copyright infringement policies 'unreasonable': iiNet CEO
iTWire - Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
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...
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iiNet feigns copyright protection: AFACT
iTWire - Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
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...
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AFACT allegations ‘unsubstantiated' despite DTecNet probe: iiNet CEO
iTWire - Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
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...
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AFACT v iiNet: Day 8 – AFACT Attacks iiNet Piracy Policy
TorrentFreak (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Day nine of the trial between anti-piracy group AFACT and Aussie ISP iiNet. Today iiNet CEO Michael Malone was extensively cross-examined by AFACT's senior counsel over his company's piracy policy and moves he took to change that of Westnet, the ISP iiNet acquired in 2008.
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AFACT attacks Westnet piracy policy
ZDNet (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
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.
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iiNet's copyright crucible heats up
ZDNet (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
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.
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Entrepreneurship in Decline?
Chicago Boyz (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Michael Malone has been writing about the technology industry, and particularly about Silicon Valley, for a couple of decades. This recent article is not very optimistic. Although Malone identifies several emerging technologies as having great potential, he fears that the basic mechanism by which new technologies are commercialized–the formation and growth of new enterprises–is badly [...]...
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