Pirate Party slams AFACT's ISP "extortion"

AFACT has been engaged in a long-running battle with ISPs in an effort to get them to address piracy through their networks, with the most high-profile skirmish being its lawsuit against iiNet, which is believed to be headed for the High Court. iiNet has won several legal rounds against AFACT in the case, nevertheless in the latest judgment, onlookers commented that a mechanism may have opened up for AFACT to be able to request that ISPs disconnect those illegally sharing files online - if copyright infringement notices were issued in the correct manner.

"These veiled threats are nothing more than intimidation tactics that once again obviously display the extent that Big Media will go to in their failing attempts to protect their flawed business models. Extortion is a new low even for AFACT." said Pirate Party Australia acting secretary Brendan Molloy in a statement issued by the party yesterday.

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