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
Australian TV dramas are achieving consistently high ratings and Secrets & Lies, Rake and Wentworth are being remade for international audiences.
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.
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.
The Internet Society of Australia today revealed its new name – Internet Australia.
Foxtel is getting ready to launch the first court action under legislation designed to block web sites that illegally offer film and TV content.
Screen Producers Australia, among others, have lambasted its recommendations as both “reckless†and a threat to local content.
"The Australian film and television sector would go from an internationally renowned industry... to a cottage industry overnight,†said SPA.