iiNet launches counter attack in copyright case; Sydney Morning Herald, 10/8/09

Miriam Steffens, Sydney Morning Herald; iiNet launches counter attack in copyright case:

"IN THE movie industry's landmark case over illegal film downloads, internet service provider iiNet has launched its counter-attack, calling the movie studios' claims of tens of thousands of copyright infringements over its network ''highly exaggerated'' and ''out of kilter''.

As hearings went into their second day in the Federal Court yesterday, iiNet's lawyer, Richard Cobden, SC, outlined the Perth internet company's line of defence. Lambasting the film studios' ''exuberant rhetoric,'' iiNet maintains it was not doing anything different from its larger rivals such as Telstra and Optus selling access to the internet, and had done nothing that would amount to willingly allowing its customers to download pirated movies."

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/iinet-launches-counter-attack-in-copyright-case-20091008-gnv5.html