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WAIA invites you to join us aboard the Blue Destiny for this year's Christmas Party. Travelling along the Swan River for several hours of enjoyment, the event is fully catered and will be an enjoyable way to end the year. We will be departing from Barrack Street jetty at 7pm sharp!

Spots for the cruise are limited, so please RSVP immediately to events@waia.asn.au. Please note that there are limitations on allowed attendees per class of membership:

WAIX - 4 attendees
Corporate - 2 attendees
Individual - 1 attendee

Speaker:        Steve Dalby from iiNet

Steve will give us an inside perspective of the iiNet Copyright case (brought by Hollywood studios) and what the forthcoming appeal is about.

He’ll include:

• The allegations.
• The decisions.
• The appeal.

Please RSVP to events@waia.asn.au by C.O.B Friday the 16th July.

 Today (04/02/2010) the copyright infringement claims by AFACT against iiNet were dismissed by the court.

Some are "relived" but ultimately this is just another step in a disappointing story.

The case highlights that it is consumers that infringe the rights of the copyright holders, not ISPs. Why? Well the simple answer is that consumers still cannot download new movie content from the Internet AND this is clearly what they want to do.

In these times of concern over climate change, it is bizarre that I can drive to my local rental store and rent a "new release" movie for $1 (on a Tuesday). It costs more in petrol to get there and back than the rental fee. So, why can't I just download it for the same $1?

 Today (15/12/2009) the Minister announced intent to introduce legislation to require that ISPs filter the Internet.

WAIA welcomes all initiatives to make the Internet safer for families and children. This initiative will help reduce access to significant amounts of harmful content.

It should be stressed that the introduction of ISP-level filtering will not address all forms of harmful content and WAIA encourages Internet users to install and maintain an appropriate level of filtering for their requirements. In particular, families with young children need to be aware of online risks and put in place strong security measures.