• Record levels of Australian internet piracy have prompted the government to respond with proposed legislative measures. 
• If signed into law, internet service providers could be required to issue warnings to consumers and slow down speeds for persistent offenders until they complied, and be required to take down websites hosting infringing content.
• The legislative measures will reduce the impact of the recent High Court case against iiNet, where it was found that iiNet was not responsible for authorising the copyright infringement of its subscribers.
• The Abbott government warns the measures a necessary to protect Australia’s 90 copyright industries and the 900,000 people they employ

Read more:

http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/federal-government-proposes-cracking-down-on-internet-piracy/story-fnjwneld-1227007716641

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/internet-pirates-may-walk-the-plank/story-fn59niix-1227007835523

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