Foxtel is getting ready to launch the first court action under legislation designed to block web sites that illegally offer film and TV content.
The Internet Society of Australia today revealed its new name – Internet Australia.
The Internet Society of Australia has called on the Federal Government to delay site blocking legislation while undertaking an independent study of the real extent of video piracy and its purported costs to the local industry.
Making entertainment content available in Australia at the same time or shortly after its overseas release, and at a comparable price, will reduce piracy, according to Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Australian TV dramas are achieving consistently high ratings and Secrets & Lies, Rake and Wentworth are being remade for international audiences.
Consumer organisation Choice is running a campaign against a "three-strikes" scheme, one of the anti-online piracy measures which it says the government is considering
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union for Australia's creative professionals, has expressed serious concern over recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission to overhaul Australia's copyright regime.
Internet Service Providers would be required to issue warnings to subscribers who are suspected of illegally downloading copyright material in a measure being considered by the federal government.