There are better ways to combat piracy than blocking websites
The new anti-piracy laws, passed this week, allow rights holders to go court to block overseas websites but Marc C-Scott argues there are better ways of tackling the issue.
The Senate passed controversial anti-piracy legislation, the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015, last night. But it’s not so clear whether the legislation will actually achieve its stated ends of reducing piracy, and it might be easily circumvented by the public.
Arguably, the media industry can do more to prevent piracy by making content more easily accessible rather than quixotic efforts to block it using legislation.
Despite the bill being passed in both the House of Representatives and Senate, Labour MP Ed Husic and Greens Senator Scott Ludlam have spoken publicly about their concerns about the legislation.
I’d wonder what if anything can be done to balance out the monopoly companies like Foxtel might have over content and other single-provider arrangements…