When the first wave of mirror sites are taken down or blocked, more sites crop up to replace them. Typically, within hours of an internet provider blocking a site, hundreds of mirror sites that offer the same content pop up. Some of the most popular torrenting sites in the world, including The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents have all been blocked, but locals have continued to find ways to download content. However, similar systems have been used overseas in countries including the UK, with little success.
Mad Max: Fury Road has made Village Roadshow millions in box office dollars. Successful court action would force internet providers such as Telstra and iiNet to block access to those sites from Australia. This includes testing whether people would be impacted significantly by blocking the site and blocking the site was in the public interest. While it might seem as simple as presenting the Federal Court with links to illegal content, rights holders have to meet strict criteria to prove that the website’s main purpose is to host copyrighted content.
“Foxtel and other rights holders are currently assessing what action can and should be taken to give effect to the legislation.” “Similar laws exist in Europe, the UK, Singapore and many other jurisdictions. “Because these pirate sites do not exist in Australia, rights holders are not able to take direct legal action against them. If it goes ahead with blocking, Village Roadshow would be the second major company to express its desire to have pirating sites such as The Pirate Bay blocked using the new legislation, after Foxtel said it was preparing for action earlier this month.Ī Foxtel spokesman told : “The Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill does nothing more than give copyright holders similar rights in relation to foreign websites, which steal their content, to those they would have if the sites were based in Australia. Finally you have a company who gets what people want.”ĭespite being Australian-made, Village Roadshow’s The Lego Movie was released in Australia two months after America. “That’s why there was such a huge appetite for Netflix. “For a long time the market has been under-served by the content industry,” Mr Godfrey said. However, some content owners continue to try to protect their old business models, locking up content and charging a premium. Streaming services, such as Netflix and Presto, have begun to stem the tide of piracy by finally giving consumers what they want: complete seasons of shows on demand at the same time at elsewhere in the world for an affordable price. “Actually give people what they want, when they want and most would stop pirating.” “The reason behind piracy in Australia has been clear for a long time and it’s cost, timeliness and accessibility. “Fair enough if they want to wipe out The Pirate Bay and the like, but they’re using the pirating issue to also limit Australians access to international competition,” Mr Godfrey said. He also believes that blocking sites would hurt competition international companies have stimulated, rather than actually stop pirates. “This whole exercise has purely been about some very, very big players trying to prop up their business models and take out competitors.” “Anyone who has access to Google will be able to get around Australia’s internet filter,” he said. “We are going through the legal preparation at this stage and will be ready in October to go to the courts and ask them to block sites.” “We are absolutely in the process of implementing action to block illegal sites,” Mr Burke told The Australian. On top of suing, the distribution company of Hollywood blockbusters such as Mad Max: Fury Road and The Lego Movie wants to lead a push to have piracy sites, such as The Pirate Bay, blocked through new anti-piracy legislation. He said piracy was theft and those who engaged in it should be dealt with, regardless of whether they could pay up.
When questioned about whether he was worried about his company’s reputation when it takes on everyday Australians, who may struggle to pay the fines, he said he couldn’t care less. Yes, we will sue people,” Mr Burke told SBS TV’s The Feed. have been warned, notices issued that they have been doing the wrong thing. HAVE you ever illegally downloaded a movie? Australian film distribution company Village Roadshow wants to sue you.Ĭhief executive Graham Burke has revealed that the company intends to sue whoever they find to have downloaded one of its movies and it also plans to block pirating websites.
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