In Australia, as shown by the recent record breaking piracy downloads of four leaked episodes from the fifth season of Game of Thrones - figures estimate around 32 million people globally downloaded the pirated episodes - internet piracy remains a huge problem.
Recent measures taken by the Australian Government are aimed at reducing online copyright infringement in Australia, including one that requires industry rights holders, internet service providers (ISPs) and consumer groups to jointly-develop an industry code aimed at changing consumers’ behaviour in downloading infringing material and instead steer them towards lawful sources of content and the introduction of the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015.
Source: Asia IP
