iiNet says its fellow members of the telecommunications industry can meet the deadline to develop a code to fight cyber piracy.

Australia's second biggest internet service provider says the industry will meet the Abbott government's April 8 deadline, as Attorney General George Brandis and Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull continue to pile pressure on internet service providers (ISPs) for a code.

If Australian ISPs miss the deadline imposed in December, the Government will force its own code upon them.

iiNet chief regulatory officer Steve Dalby has told Fairfax Media that he thinks the 120-day deadline is tight, considering it requires a 30-day consultation period before being submitted.

“Dedicated people put a lot of work drafting documents and putting frameworks together,” he said.

“The reason we don't have a code is people aren't being dogmatic and pigheaded. It's because there are a lot of complications.

“There are issues around privacy, there are issues around appeals. There are issues around costs. There is a lot of work that needs to be done.”

Mr Turnbull and Mr Brandis said last month that they wanted to see a warning notice system set up in which repeat uploaders of illegal material are sent informational and educational notices, but no penalties.

Mr Dalby said iiNet welcomed the idea of educating internet users, but it did not want to turn into a spammer.

“Who knows how many people are using your service? You give your IP address to you kids or your friends or brother and sister – whoever drops by your house. There is noway of knowing which person it was,” he said.

“You can only send a very general letter to the account holder which says: ‘Dear Steve, we received this notification, here’s a copy… letting you know that unauthorised sharing is against the Copyright Act … you shouldn’t do it… maybe you should tighten up who you give your access to… maybe you should make sure your password is changed regularly … maybe you should make sure you have got security on your wifi’.”

“The rights holders think it will reduce infringement, the government thinks it will reduce infringement and we have been told to make it happen,” he said.

Mr Dalby has previously told reporters that the bigger issue in tackling internet piracy was flaws in the business model of entertainment companies.

He says access to legal content should be cheaper and easier, to lessen the attractiveness of illegal downloading.