Big Movie Studios Handed a Site-Blocking Injunction Against 86 Piracy Sites

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Big Movie Studios Handed a Site-Blocking Injunction Against 86 Piracy Sites. The application, filed by the MPA including Netflix, plus Roadshow Films and several other studios, targets torrent sites, streaming portals, subtitle sites, and various related unblocking/proxy platforms. All must be rendered inaccessible by 50 local ISPs. The Federal Court is able to grant an injunction to prevent access to an “online location” based outside Australia when it infringes or facilitates an infringement of copyright and has the same “primary purpose or primary effect”