Comment on Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

Noite_Etion@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• disgrunty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Don’t forget to use a VPN so you don’t get traced by copyright lawyers! They often seed torrents in the name of gathering IPs to take action against.

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  • Kelly@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That doesn’t really work in Australia.

    AFAIK Dallas Buyers Club was the last major case and the conditions the courts placed on any contact caused the rights holders to decide it wasn’t worth the bother. www.bbc.com/news/business-35547045

    The court told them they could buy the infringer’s contact details as a bulk lot that averaged $127 per person. But only if they invoiced for $127 + whatever the they were charging for the film. In addition the court would need to review and approve any draft correspondence and call scripts.

    All up it feels like the court was taking the most hostile interpretation of the law to protect individuals from being harassed by the business. Good stuff.

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