FILM STUDIOS CRACKING DOWN ON AUSTRALIA, WORLD’S ‘WORST OFFENDER’ IN INTERNET PIRACY
May 22nd, 2015
IF a global poll was made on which countries are the world’s worst offenders for online piracy, Australia would probably be far from the top of the list. But the international media sector is worried about the amount of online piracy being undertaken in Australia and is taking action.In a landmark case at the Federal Court of Australia in early April 2015, film production and distribution company Voltage Pictures won a case against six Australian Internet service providers (ISP’s), such as iiNet, Dodo and Internode. As a result, it obtained the names and ...
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