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Rupert Murdoch company requests toughening of laws to force internet service providers to act on copyright theft

DAWN-OF-THE-PLANET-OF-THE-009.jpgNews Corp, owner of film studio 20th Century Fox, has called for the toughening of piracy laws in Australia. Photograph: Allstar/20th Century Fox/Sportsphoto Ltd

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has called for a toughening of laws in Australia to force internet service providers to crack down on piracy and copyright theft.

The company used a senate submission on a proposed free trade agreement between Australia and South Korea to call for domestic copyright laws to be amended to cover the “secondary liability” of ISPs for pirated material on their networks.

“The provisions of the [Copyright Act 1968] – although intended to do so – do not provide rights holders with means to protect rights online,” News Corp said. “The provisions are technology specific and ineffective in dealing with online copyright infringement as it manifests today, nor as it may manifest in the future”.

In its two-page submission, News Corp gives its backing to two clauses – included in the section of the agreement on enforcing intellectual property rights – calling for “legal incentives for online service providers to cooperate with copyright owners in deterring the unauthorised storage and transmission of copyrighted materials.”

The other clause cited by New Corp calls for “measures to curtail repeated copyright and related right infringement on the internet”.

“These paragraphs acknowledge the importance of creators and rights holders having workable and technology-neutral provisions to protect their rights online,” said News Corp. “They also recognise the clearly articulated domestic policy intentions of the government, and the importance of the copyright industries to the cultural fabric and economic performance of our nation.”

News Corp cites the legal battle between major ISP iiNet and Roadshow Films, which saw the internet company beat the challenge that it be made responsible for the copyright infringement of customers.

Rights holders have argued that the case means that ISPs are protected to the detriment of the creative industries.

“News Corp … looks forward to contributing to ensuring domestic copyright protection provisions function as intended, and the balance between obligation (secondary liability) and benefit (safe harbour) is re-established”.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jul/14/news-corp-piracy-rupert-murdoch-australia-internet

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