Foxtel backs Federal Court’s decision to block 127 domain names associated with piracy
Subscription television service Foxtel has supported the Federal Court’s decision to block an additional 127 domain names which are associated with piracy.
Some of Australia’s largest ISPs including TPG, Optus and Vocus will block streaming sites and domain names including Yes Movies, Vumoo, Los Movies, Cartoon HD, Putlocker, Watch Series 1, Watch Series 2, Project Free TV, Watch Episodes, Watch Episode Series, Watch TV Series, The Dare TV, Putlocker9.is, Putlocker9.com and Torlock.
Foxtel is the provider of HBO’s Game of Thrones – a show which has been heavily pirated in the past
Peter Tonagh, Foxtel’s chief executive, said: ““Foxtel welcomes today’s judgment as another critical step in combating online piracy, which continues to undermine Australia’s creative industry.
“The government’s passage of the site-blocking legislation, and the court’s continued willingness to impose site-blocking orders, illustrates the gravity of the threat and the concern we should all have about protecting the hard work of the actors, writers, directors and production teams involved in creating the programming we all love.
“Foxtel believes in the importance of educating people that accessing pirated content is not a victimless crime and we will continue to do our part in shedding light on the seriousness of intellectual property theft, while simultaneously helping to ensure our content is available quickly, easily and at a price that suits their budgets.”
The court action comes as Creative Content Australia launches its ‘The price of piracy’ campaign which consists of a 45-second video and
www.thepriceofpiracy.org.auThe video explains the dangers of piracy including stolen credit card details, viruses, identity theft and spyware.
“Spending a few bucks” to view your content is offered as the solution.
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Lol, old people
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Still a waste of time, people can still use a VPN. It will be nigh on impossible to block such web sites as VPNs are used legitimately for personal security.
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Netflix rose to success here in Australia through the use of VPN’s.
It doesn’t take much to see this is where we’re all heading – again.
Foxtel just need to realise, their digital delivery strategy was late, they’re lost market share and need to stop blaming everyone else.
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When legislation can’t keep up with technology…
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I never laughed so hard as I did with that commercial. Where to start? Well, the easy stuff is that at the end you could spend a “few” bucks and watch it. A few means anything from 20 to 50 bucks (or more) depending if you are buying a blueray, or going to the movies (and don’t forget the absurd prices at the snackbar), not allowed to talk at the movies, god forbid if you are watching something erotic and you feel a little loving is needed. As for the malware, trojans, spyware, and so forth. Most sites work their butts off to keep it clean. Whats the point having viruses? As soon as word spreads, no one goes there. The question is, why are there so many viruses on these sites? Simple. Government. What better way to force a site to close down than to hit it with a bunch of viruses. Nice, them breaking the law to enforce their own laws. And lets not forget DDOS attacks! Again, just another way to cause a problem for the sites, again done by government. Interesting how so many of these attacks have I.P.s that are listed as government. Ya, you messed up. When you see %30 or higher of listed government I.P.’s, how do you explain it? Most of the stuff is now of HD quality or higher. So in the end, the ad makes no sense. I do know that if it were not for these sites, there are a lot of movies I would NOT of gone and seen. There are a lot of movies I would NOT of bought. Because of these sites, I spent the money to support you. Thank the sites. Don’t punish them and the others who use them cause you overprice everything.
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