Federal Court backs blocking of piracy websites
Subscription TV provider Foxtel has welcomed a decision made by the Federal Court to permit the blocking of five of the most prominent online piracy websites.
Australia’s largest ISP’s will block pirate sites including The Pirate Bay, Torrentz, Torrent Hound, IsoHunt and SolarMovie in the step to combat piracy.
Using the legislation passed by The Senate last year, the Copyright Act will now see copyright owners and exclusive licencees have the ability to seek authoritative measures against ISP’s.
This will allow rights holders to insist ISPs block any access to overseas-based sites which infringe copyright laws.
The Senate passed the anti-piracy legislation last year, allowing rights holders to take court action to block overseas websites containing copyright violation material.
Tonagh: “We are playing our part to reduce the attractiveness of piracy by making content available in a timely manner, at different price points, and on multiple devices”
After considering its first legal action under piracy laws last year, Peter Tonagh, Foxtel chief executive said: “This judgment is a major step in both directly combating piracy and educating the public that accessing content through these sites is not okay, in fact it is theft”.
Tonagh supported with the court’s decision and acknowledged the damage piracy inflicts on the industry.
“We are playing our part to reduce the attractiveness of piracy by making content available in a timely manner, at different price points, and on multiple devices,” he said.
“More broadly, the content creation industries will continue to educate the public on the harm piracy does and how to get access to content in a legitimate manner.
“We have already seen successful implementation of similar site-blocking efforts overseas and are looking forward to a reduction in online piracy here,” he said.
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So, does this mean that the ISPs will also block TORs & VPNs?
What a waste of legislation!
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