Tag: Piracy

In a big move to crack down on piracy, the Senate has passed legislation that will see infringing websites blocked in Australia.

iiNet will have to hand over customer information as a result of legal action taken by DBC and Voltage Pictures, and they’ve decided to offer pro-bono legal services to support alleged infringers.

Consumers who report software piracy will go in the running to win two return tickets to any destination in the Caribbean, plus $2,000 spending money, as Business Software Alliance (BSA) attempts to lessen piracy in Australia.

AFACT has filed a notice of appeal today with the Federal Court, containing 15 grounds of appeal on the decision in February this year in iiNet’s favour. AFACT’s executive director Neil Gane believed that there were good grounds to appeal the decision. “The court found large scale copyright infringements, that iiNet knew they were occurring, […]