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Judge orders ISPs to block pirate sites
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that ISPs will have to block access to piracy sites and divert Australians towards a web page created by movie studios, the Federal court ruled on Thursday afternoon.
In a case that covers more than fifty Australian internet service providers [ISPs], Justice John Nicholas of the Federal Court in Sydney ruled in favour of movie studios, including Roadshow Films, Colombia Pictures, Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, and 20th Century Fox.
The movie studios must now create and host a website within five days, to which Australian ISPs will direct any user who tries to connect to (initially) the SolarMovie pirating site. The content owners will also have to pay the ISPs $50 for every site they want blocked.
In his decision Justice Nicholas said there were 61 sites that infringed Australian copyright laws by making films available online without licence from the copyright owners.
In relation to The Pirate Bay he wrote: "I am satisfied that the facilitation of the infringement of copyright is flagrant, and that the operator of the The Pirate Bay sites has shown a blatant and wilful disregard for the rights of copyright owners".
Hollywood studios tried to get ISPs to crack down on piracy in 2012, but failed after the High Court found internet providers are not liable for copyright infringement.
VPN use is already taking off in Australia. This will just increase the uptake.
https://www.cnet.com/au/news/vpn-use-increases-in-australia-amid-data-retention-and-piracy-concerns/ [cnet.com]
