Australian ISPs forced to hand over personal details of 'pirates' to movie studios. $25 fee imposed on pirates after three warnings.

[PerfectTemplar]

As of September 1, Australian internet service providers will be forced to send warning notices to alleged movie pirates, under a draft Copyright Notice Scheme industry code unveiled today. Get caught three times in 12 months and rights holders can "facilitate an expedited preliminary discovery process" – in other words ask your ISP to hand over your details – bypassing a drawn-out court case like the current battle between Australian ISP iiNet and the backers of Academy Award-winning film Dallas Buyers Club.

3.12.8 An ISP must act reasonably to facilitate and assist an application by a Rights Holders for Preliminary Discovery to the extent that such orders are sought:

(a) following Rights Holders and ISPs observing the procedures prescribed by this Code in relation to an Account Holder whose IP address was included on a Final Notice List provided by that Account Holder's ISP to a relevant Rights Holder;

( B) in relation to the identity and address (if available to that ISP) contact details of that Account Holder; and

© for provision of copies of Notices sent to that Account Holder that were the subject of the Final Notice List.

 

Fee is to be $25 upon being warned three times for piracy.

 

 

If an account holder is issued an Education, Warning and Final notice all within 12 months their ISP will, on the request of a rights holder, "facilitate an expedited preliminary discovery process". In other words, after three strikes in a year your ISP will be expected to hand over your contact details without a fight. The draft doesn't spell out exactly on what grounds the ISP can appeal, but an appeal is only likely to succeed if the rights holder hasn't followed the rules.

 

Account holders can challenge notices, with a $25 fee, and the challenge will be handled by an Adjudication Panel. The $25 fee is refunded if the challenge is successful.

 

 

 

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/gadgets-on-the-go/isps-to-dob-in-movie-pirates-under-proposed-threestrikes-rule-20150220-13kc2c.html

 

People voted for this government so I guess that's what we get.

[Guest]

WTF? This government is seriously retarded. 

[DIV1D3]

STRAY...

Oh fuck it, I'm moving to Canada. 

[Mooshi]

Australia should move out of the stone age for country wide internet first before worrying about movies Aussies lack the bandwidth/data cap to download in the first place.

[Deletive]

STRAY...

Oh fuck it, I'm moving to Canada. 

Hahaha. ISPs here charge you for pirating. 

"Lawsuits could seek up to $5,000 for downloading copyrighted material for personal use,"

[DIV1D3]

Hahaha. ISPs here charge you for pirating. 

"Lawsuits could seek up to $5,000 for downloading copyrighted material for personal use,"

I don't pirate anyways, I just want to be rid of this country, seriously who the fk wants this guy as their Prime Minister/President?

[SImoHayha]

Thank god where I live. Box Boxington where all the wifi is in boxes and there are no boxes on data limits

[RZeroX]

STRAY...

Oh fuck it, I'm moving to Canada. 

Nah move to NZ

 

I don't pirate anyways, I just want to be rid of this country, seriously who the fk wants this guy as their Prime Minister/President?

Wow that looks like a very creepy person.

[DIV1D3]

Nah move to NZ

 

Wow that looks like a very creepy person.

Any we has him as our Prime Minister ...

 

D':

[minibois]

Oh well, turn on a VPN or whatever and go on

[SIGSEGV]

They are so dumb... People will just use Tor to pirate their stuff now...

[mr moose]

This isn't being proposed by the government, it is a proposal from the communication alliance

 

So no, no one voted for this.

[PerfectTemplar]

This isn't being proposed by the government, it is a proposal from the communication alliance

 

So no, no one voted for this.

The government is arguably enforcing this and the communication alliance has caved underneath the pressure. Internet in Australia is a government regulated industry.

[Unlikelyjoker]

I don't pirate anyways, I just want to be rid of this country, seriously who the fk wants this guy as their Prime Minister/President?

Dickheads and people that like Dickheads

[mr moose]

The government is enforcing this and the communication alliance has caved underneath the pressure.

 

Says the herald,  the government might have lent a public servant to go over it,  but essentially this is a proposal to the ACMA from the ISPs and rights holders.  It is not a government policy, although I probably should add yet.

[Thronar]

Fee should be a lot more but at least it's something

[DIV1D3]

Dickheads and people that like Dickheads

Which means there are a majority of Richard-heads in this country. 

 

YAHY

[Unlikelyjoker]

Which means there are a majority of Richard-heads in this country. 

 

YAHY

All i know that he takes it up the arse by this guy

[slightlyjaded]

Nah move to NZ

 

Wow that looks like a very creepy person.

Could be worse. he could be wearing speedo's (or budgie smuggler's as they're known here) Oh wait he did that already.

[Totallycasual]

I honestly believe the Australian public will vote out the current government at the next election, between Joe Hockey's cruel budget attacking the weakest parts of society while giving as many breaks to big business/the wealthy as possible and Abbott being.... well.... himself i cant see them recovering from the massive backlash they're currently experiencing.

[Guest]

Locked - you can choose to repost this if you wish however you must change the title as it is factually incorrect. The government are not forcing anything, this is a draft of an industry code of practice unveiled by the Telco Group Communications Alliance