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Industry News:
Downloading of Copyright Material Blocked Source: www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-18
Australia's biggest telcos have been ordered to block access to 57 international websites that allow
users to download pirated TV shows and movies.
In a ruling handed down on Friday, the Federal Court found that the websites operated with a
"blatant disregard for the rights of copyright owners".
It ordered Telstra, Optus, Vocus and TPG to take "reasonable steps", within 15 days, to stop their
customers accessing the websites, which include piratebay, watchfree, torrentproject, Yes Mov-
ies, Vumoo and Los Movies.
The decision was welcomed by industry body Creative Content Australia, which has launched a
campaign to highlight the devastating financial impact of pirating on the film and television
industry.
The organisation's executive director, Lori Flekser, said the ruling vindicated the position of
creative industries, which had long argued that pirating prevented creators of original content
from being able to fully recoup their financial investment.
"Pirate sites firstly earn a lot of money from other people's content — that's income and revenue
that local and global practitioners who have worked incredibly hard on those productions don't
get to see," she said.
"Piracy is not a victimless crime: the victims are the creative industries who lose jobs, who lose
revenue and who lose potential jobs in the films that simply aren't made because the risks of
recouping the revenue are too high."
Ms Flekser said as a result, investors were more reluctant to invest in film and television con-
tent, which reduces the amount of content made, and ultimately results in less choice for con-
sumers.
One case was bought by eight film distributors led by Roadshow Films.

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