Australian ISPs to block access to pirate bay etc

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 1:26 AM
Subject: Australian ISPs to block access to pirate bay etc
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>





New Supreme Court ruling requires Australian ISPs to block a range of sites
deemed to be for the purposes of distributing copyright content.

Internet companies forced to block The Pirate Bay, bittorrent websites in
Australia, Federal Court rules
By Will Ockenden and national technology reporter Jake Sturmer
Updated earlier today at 1:00am

The Federal Court has ordered internet companies to block five copyright
­infringing websites, including torrent

website The Pirate Bay.

Internet companies now have 15 business days to implement the blocks.

The Federal Court has allowed internet service providers (ISPs) to choose
the method of blocking.

It could be DNS blocking, blocking IP addresses,

URL blocking or any other technical methods which are mutually agreed

to by ISPs and rights holders.

It is the first time the site­blocking laws have been used successfully in
Australia, and is a win for copyright holders who

have long wanted to see the end of the website.

The Federal Court handed down its judgement yesterday afternoon, also
ordering that ISPs block similar bittorrent

websites Torrentz, TorrentHound, IsoHunt and streaming service SolarMovie.

Once the sites are blocked, people who continue to visit the blocked sites
will see a warning page informing them the site

cannot be accessed.

The "landing page" as it is referred to, will be hosted by either the ISP
or the rights holder.

The page will show that access has been disabled by order of the Federal
Court because it "infringes or facilitates the

infringement of copyright".

There is nothing in the act that discusses penalties for people who try to
access the sites.

The applicants Foxtel and Village Roadshow filed their case in the Federal
Court in February.

Foxtel applied to have The Pirate Bay, Torrentz, TorrentHound, and IsoHunt
blocked.

Village Roadshow wanted

SolarMovie to be made inaccessible in Australia.

Telstra, Optus, TPG and M2 were the major respondents.

 'Criminals and scammers look out'

While the two rights holders got what they wanted in a block, the Federal
Court has not ordered what is known as a

"rolling injunction".

That would have allowed new websites to be added without court approval or
oversight.

Instead, Foxtel or Village Roadshow will have to file and serve a new
affidavit outlining the new website's domain name

or IP address.

Even without the rolling injunction, Foxtel was quick to welcome the
Federal Court's decision, saying it was looking

forward to a reduction in online piracy.

"This judgment is a major step in both directly combating piracy and
educating the public that accessing content through

these sites is not OK, in fact it is theft," Foxtel chief executive Peter
Tonagh said in a statement.

"This judgement gives us another tool to fight the international criminals
who seek to profit from the hard work of actors,

writers, directors and other creators the world over."

Village Roadshow co ­chief executive Graham Burke also welcomed the
decision but vowed to keep fighting.

etc
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-15/federal-court-orders-pirate-bay-blocked-in-australia/8116912



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