Federal Court orders more piracy sites to be blocked
Court orders 28 domains, including streaming and BitTorrent sites, to be blocked following Foxtel case.
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The Federal Court has ordered Australia’s internet service providers to block more illegal torrenting and streaming websites following a case brought about by Foxtel.
The 28 domains, including streaming and BitTorrent sites, were presented to the Federal Court back in May. Following hearings in April and June, the final judgement was delivered yesterday.
Counsel for Foxtel said that with so many previous site-blocking cases, the aim is now to “try and streamline this process a little further, both from the point of view of costs for the applicant and efficiency for the court”.
No ISPs showed up for the case-management hearing on Friday.
Two other piracy site-blocking cases currently facing the Federal Court have been brought by Roadshow and the world’s largest producers of Chinese media content, TVBO Productions and Television Broadcasts (TVB), with Roadshow emerging victorious in April.
Roadshow CEO Graham Burke argues the current laws don’t go far enough.
“Australia needs the power to require Google and other search engines to take reasonable steps to stop facilitating searches which lead to pirate sites,” he said.
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