Piracy: At last a legal way of fighting back

In which producers won, and ISPs lost, but the ISPs really won and in the process helped fight piracy. Confused? We read the whole judgement.
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Does this mean we finally have a weapon? Image: Hundred Bloody Acres, reduced to a pulp by piracy. 

This week, the copyright holders in the screen trade opened their first chink in the armour of digital pirates in Australia. While they have found a hole, there is not a lot of blood on the blade.

Even so, this could be the weapon the Australian independent sector needs to generate the most fundamental change of all, far from the major studios who dominate the current campaigns.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.