BSA settles seven cases for $147k
BSA| The Software Alliance has settled seven cases of pirated software totalling $147,000 this year.
BSA| The Software Alliance has settled seven cases of pirated software totalling $147,000 this year.
The government is "considering its response" to the IT pricing inquiry, according to a Q&A document issued by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull today.
The release yesterday of a government-commissioned report on the scope of copyright infringement in Australia created quite a stir.
Just over a quarter of Australian Internet users aged 12+ engaged in some form of online copyright violation in the first three months of 2015, according to new government-sponsored research into the prevalence of online piracy.
The Federal Court judge presiding over the attempt by Dallas Buyers Club LLC to obtain the personal details of alleged pirates has allowed the release of key documents, including the letter the movie studio wants to send to ISP customers who allegedly downloaded the film.
In an entirely predictable show of bipartisanship, Labor and the Coalition last night in the Senate passed the government's copyright enforcement legislation.
A bill designed to limit ISP subscribers' access to overseas-based websites that facilitate piracy will create the architecture of a "second Internet filter" in Australia, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam said today.
Despite an attempt by lawyers representing Dallas Buyers Club LLC to keep them confidential, a draft letter and telephone script reveals how the owner of 2013 movie Dallas Buyers Club intends to push for alleged pirates to settle with the company.
The Australian Greens have called for Labor to support delaying a Senate debate on the government's anti-piracy bill.
Dallas Buyers Club LLC will be forced to submit to the Federal Court the methodology it intends to use to determine how much alleged movie pirates will have to pay to fend off a potential copyright suit.
The government’s scheme to force ISPs to block websites linked to online piracy has come a step closer to fruition.
Debate on the government's anti-piracy legislation is scheduled for next week according to the House of Representatives draft schedule, with the Coalition having previously indicated it wants the new law passed before parliament's winter break.
A bill that will in some circumstances force ISPs to block access to websites linked to online piracy looks almost certain to become law.
The parliamentary inquiry into a bill intended to crack down on online copyright infringement has again delayed its report on the proposed legislation.
The parliamentary inquiry into the government's online copyright enforcement bill, which will under certain circumstances compel ISPs to block access to pirate websites, has pushed back its reporting date.