Foxtel card crack holders
Following the Australian government's announcement today to continue to push plans to crack down on online copyright infringement, the industry has announced that it will stand by the decision. The Communications Alliance said it supports the balanced approach the government will be taking to fight internet piracy. Communications Alliance CEO John Stanton said Australia's internet service provider ( ISP) industry will take on the government's advice to develop an industry code for notifying customers of when they are alleged to have infringed on copyright online by the rights holder, and how they can gain access to legitimate content. We will consult with consumer representatives and rights holders as we develop the Code and the details of the notice scheme over coming months, he said. The code will not include any sanctions to be imposed by ISPs on their customers - we believe that the copyright holders are the appropriate party to take any enforcement action against persistent infringers. But we are optimistic that the sending of notices by ISPs to consumers whose service has apparently been used for improper file sharing will be a powerful signal. We hope that the notices, combined with education measures, will convince many 'casual' infringers to change their behaviour. Stanton said ISPs will examine cost models with right holders, including ways to ensure that the expense of running a notice scheme can be minimised. Making inroads against internet piracy in Australia will return to rights holders a proportion of the revenue that they are currently losing due to piracy. Thus, it makes sense for the rights holders to reimburse the reasonable expenses that ISPs would incur in operating a scheme - just as police and security agencies pay for the services that service providers offer them to assist law enforcement, he said. Jane van Beelen, Telstra's executive.
Two men — a father and son — were sentenced today in a Sydney court for illegally providing access to Foxtel’s subscription TV network, using a network of encryption-breaking decoder cards and set-top boxes that they sold to over 8,000 people across Australia. This large-scale piracy ring was broken up by the Australian Federal Police and an anti-piracy company engaged by Foxtel. Photo by Cameron Spencer/ Getty Images One of the men was sentenced to a six-month jail term followed by community service and home detention, while the other was placed on a good behaviour bond. A third man instrumental in the piracy network — the one responsible for operating the card-sharing network itself — is still facing charges. Foxtel released a statement welcoming the judgment. According to the AFP, the vast majority of the people who were using the illegal card-sharing network and set-top boxes weren’t even aware that the service was delivered illegitimately — there’s no word whether the money they presumably paid for the service was retrieved and returned to them. Rob Van Nunen, Senior Director of Special Projects, Irdeto — that’s the antipiracy company employed to crack the case by Foxtel — said that the two partners were clamping down on illegal downloads: “ Piracy is a growing threat to pay media companies worldwide, and that is why we work closely with customers like Foxtel and local authorities like the AFP to disrupt pirate activity. We do not tolerate criminals that wish to undermine legitimate businesses and we invest resources, time, technology and experienced anti-piracy experts to protect our customers.” This sentencing goes to show that if you’re a pirate, there are consequences. Obviously the actions of these three are a little more severe than the average copyright infringer’s weekly Game of Thrones download, but even the occasional torrent isn’t an entirely victimless.