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Australian ISP's To Crack Down On Piracy

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-torrents-for-you dept.

xav_jones writes "The ABC is reporting that 'Australia's five major ISPs have revealed their plans to crack down on online piracy by sending warning notices to suspected illegal downloaders while assisting rights holders to pursue serial offenders through the courts.' The idea is that '[d]uring an 18-month trial, rights holders would send copyright infringement notices, including evidence of copyright infringement and the IP address involved, to ISPs who would then send "educational notices" to the internet users concerned.' Further action would entail that '[u]sers who are suspected of further copyright breaches would then receive up to three warning notices before rights holders are able to pursue court action.' This seems a gentler approach than other countries. Will it prove more effective and/or cost efficient?"

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  1. Re:who is paying? is court precursor to all action by masternerdguy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You're acting like your rights matter.

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  2. So, what... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    the Aussies are becoming more like the USA, where the corporations have more rights than the citizens?

    Didn't we just get the latest round of analysis showing that MafiAA "evidence" isn't worth the tissue paper it's written on?

  3. this is not reasonable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Please not that this may sound reasonable but it is not. In the end it just comes down to the ISP giving information on its customers to third parties without a court order.