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Seven Film Studios Want 41 Web Sites Blocked By Australian ISPs (computerworld.com.au)
angry tapir writes: A group of film studios is undertaking what is set to be the most significant use so far of Australia's anti-piracy laws, which allow rights holders to apply for court orders that can compel ISPs to block their customers from accessing certain piracy-linked sites. A pair of rights holders last year successfully obtained court orders forcing Australia's most popular ISPs to block a handful of sites including The Pirate Bay. Now Village Roadshow wants to have 41 more sites blocked.
Village Roadshow joined six other studios in requesting an injunction Friday in federal court, reports Computerworld. And meanwhile, "a separate site-blocking application has been launched by Australian music labels, which are seeking to have Telstra, Optus, TPG and Foxtel's broadband arm block access to Kickass Torrents."
Village Roadshow joined six other studios in requesting an injunction Friday in federal court, reports Computerworld. And meanwhile, "a separate site-blocking application has been launched by Australian music labels, which are seeking to have Telstra, Optus, TPG and Foxtel's broadband arm block access to Kickass Torrents."
I want a pony.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
I'm guessing this is one of those situations where they need to be seen to be addressing the problem, even if their solution won't work. Hey, Village Roadshow - stop forcing people to sit through forty minutes of advertisements (most of them for the Village Roadshow Advertising service) and copyright warnings AT CINEMAS before you grudgingly display the content we paid for, and then we can talk.