iiNet chief executive Michael Malone says that the Internet Service Provider has never supported unauthorised sharing or file downloading.

“Today’s judgement again demonstrates that the allegations against us have been proven to be unfounded,” Michael says.

“We urge the Australian film industry to address the growing demand for studio content to be delivered in a timely and cost effective manner to consumers and we remain eager to work with them to make this material available legitimately.”

He said there was growing evidence that content partnerships and agreements between ISPs, legal websites and copyright holders was doing more to reduce piracy and showcase copyright holders’ materials.

“While fighting iiNet in the courts, many of these movie studios have signed content deals with us through our television service, fetchtv. The success of fetchtv was a clear and successful demonstration of the benefits of these partnerships and Australians’ strong desire to access
affordable legitimate content.

“Most notably, while this case has been important, not just for iiNet, but the entire internet industry, it has not distracted us from our core business.

“We have, and will, continue our growth and innovation strategy that has made us the second largest DSL provider in Australia, as outlined in our strong half‐year results released on Monday.”