[LINK] Australian Govt proposes “streamlined” piracy controls

[Kim Holburn]

http://delimiter.com.au/2011/10/14/govt-proposes-streamlined-piracy-controls/

> The paper noted that any “streamlined” process would require judicial oversight, as well as taking into account the legal obligations of ISPs under both the Privacy Act and the Telecommunications Act — with a Federal Court Judge or Magistrate being required to issue an order authorising an ISP to provide details of a particular subscriber to a copyright owner — once sufficient detail had been provided (an IP address, the copyrighted material, the dates the alleged downloading had occurred and so on).

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> The full text of McClelland’s speech is available online. 

http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/www/ministers/mcclelland.nsf/Page/Speeches_2011_FourthQuarter_14October2011-KeynoteAddressto15thBiennialCopyrightSymposium

> In it, the Attorney-General stated that “one of the most significant challenges” for copyright industries was “illegal file sharing and downloading”. McClelland highlighted two recent reports published by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, and the newly formed Australian Content Industry Group, to illustrate the issue.


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