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* 2009 - iiNet submitted its defense against the copyright lawsuit filed by Hollywood studios. The company also abandoned its negotiations with Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy regarding the issue on filtering trial. The company partnered with OptiComm in launching its first lightening-fast Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband services.

* 2010 - The company won the copyright infringement case. The court ruled that iiNet did not authorize the infringement of copyrights commiteed by iiNet users.

* 2011 - iiNet purchased Internode Pty Ltd (Internode), the largest privatey held broadband service provider in Austria <ref>[http://www.iinet.net.au/press/releases/20111222-iinet-to-acquire-internode.html iiNet Acquires Internode]</ref> and TransAct for $60 million. <ref>[http://www.iinet.net.au/press/releases/20111130-iinet-acquires-transact.html iiNet Acquires TransAct]</ref> The company also partnered with [[Microsoft]] in launching the virtual private server (VPS) to allow customers to build and host their web applications in a secure and reliable environment. <ref>[http://www.iinet.net.au/press/releases/110217-virtual-servers.html iiNet and Microsoft partner to drive adoption of virtual servers]</ref.

* 2011 - iiNet purchased Internode Pty Ltd (Internode), the largest privatey held broadband service provider in Austria <ref>[http://www.iinet.net.au/press/releases/20111222-iinet-to-acquire-internode.html iiNet Acquires Internode]</ref> and TransAct for $60 million. <ref>[http://www.iinet.net.au/press/releases/20111130-iinet-acquires-transact.html iiNet Acquires TransAct]</ref> The company also partnered with [[Microsoft]] in launching the virtual private server (VPS) to allow customers to build and host their web applications in a secure and reliable environment. <ref>[http://www.iinet.net.au/press/releases/110217-virtual-servers.html iiNet and Microsoft partner to drive adoption of virtual servers]</ref>.

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* 2012 - The Australian High Court ruled in favor of iiNet in the copyright infringement appeal filed by Hollywood studios. The court also ordered the complainants to pay the $9 million legal fees incurred by iiNet.<ref>[http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120420/02110118571/hollywood-loses-its-big-copyright-lawsuit-against-isp-iinet-down-under.shtml Hollywood Loses Its Big Copyright Lawsuit Against ISP iiNet Down Under]</ref>

==Awards==

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 * 2009 - iiNet submitted its defense against the copyright lawsuit filed by Hollywood studios. The company also abandoned its negotiations with Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy regarding the issue on filtering trial. The company partnered with OptiComm in launching its first lightening-fast Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband services.
 * 2010 -  The company won the copyright infringement case. The court ruled that iiNet did not authorize the infringement of copyrights commiteed by iiNet users.
-* 2011 - iiNet purchased Internode Pty Ltd (Internode), the largest privatey held broadband service provider in Austria <ref>[http://www.iinet.net.au/press/releases/20111222-iinet-to-acquire-internode.html iiNet Acquires Internode]</ref> and TransAct for $60 million. <ref>[http://www.iinet.net.au/press/releases/20111130-iinet-acquires-transact.html iiNet Acquires TransAct]</ref> The company also partnered with [[Microsoft]] in launching the virtual private server (VPS) to allow customers to build and host their web applications in a secure and reliable environment. <ref>[http://www.iinet.net.au/press/releases/110217-virtual-servers.html iiNet and Microsoft partner to drive adoption of virtual servers]</ref.
+* 2011 - iiNet purchased Internode Pty Ltd (Internode), the largest privatey held broadband service provider in Austria <ref>[http://www.iinet.net.au/press/releases/20111222-iinet-to-acquire-internode.html iiNet Acquires Internode]</ref> and TransAct for $60 million. <ref>[http://www.iinet.net.au/press/releases/20111130-iinet-acquires-transact.html iiNet Acquires TransAct]</ref> The company also partnered with [[Microsoft]] in launching the virtual private server (VPS) to allow customers to build and host their web applications in a secure and reliable environment. <ref>[http://www.iinet.net.au/press/releases/110217-virtual-servers.html iiNet and Microsoft partner to drive adoption of virtual servers]</ref>.
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+* 2012 - The Australian High Court ruled in favor of iiNet in the copyright infringement appeal filed by Hollywood studios. The court also ordered the complainants to pay the $9 million legal fees incurred by iiNet.<ref>[http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120420/02110118571/hollywood-loses-its-big-copyright-lawsuit-against-isp-iinet-down-under.shtml Hollywood Loses Its Big Copyright Lawsuit Against ISP iiNet Down Under]</ref>
 ==Awards==