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[2020] FCA 769
Federal Court of Australia
2020-06-04
Burley J
Original judgment source is linked above.
In these Orders, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) Domain Name means a name formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name System (DNS) and includes subdomains. (b) DNS Blocking means a system by which any user of a Respondent's service who attempts to use a DNS resolver that is operated by or on behalf of that Respondent to access a Target Online Location is prevented from receiving a DNS response other than a redirection as referred to in Order 6. (c) IP Address means an Internet Protocol address. (d) Optus means the fourth to eleventh Respondents. (e) Target Online Locations means the online locations as referred to in the Schedule to these Orders and that are or were accessible: (i) at the URLs listed in the Schedule to this Order (together, the Target URLs); (ii) at the IP Addresses listed in the Schedule to this Order (together, the Target IP Addresses); (iii) at the Domain Names listed in the Schedule to this Order (together, the Target Domain Names); and (iv) any other domain names, URLs and IP addresses that the Applicants notified to the Respondents pursuant to Order 12 (subject to the procedure set out in that Order). (f) Telstra means the first to third Respondents. (g) TPG means the thirtieth to the forty-seventh Respondents. (h) URL means a Uniform Resource Locator. (i) Vocus means the twelfth to twenty-ninth Respondents. (j) Vodafone means the forty-eighth to fiftieth Respondents.
SCHEDULE No Target Online Location Target URLs Target Domain Names Target IP Addresses
mrunlock https://mrunlock.space/ mrunlock.space 104.28.31.129
104.28.30.129 http://mrunlock.red/ mrunlock.red 104.31.79.99 104.31.78.99 2. nocensor http://nocensor.surf/ nocensor.surf 104.28.27.7 104.28.26.7 https://nocensor.casa/ nocensor.casa 104.24.103.195 104.24.102.195 http://nocensor.fun/ nocensor.fun 104.24.106.180 104.24.107.180 3. unblockproject http://unblockproject.pw/ unblockproject.pw 104.31.84.187 104.31.85.187 https://unblockproject.icu/ unblockproject.icu 104.31.93.108 104.31.92.108 https://unblockproject.info/ unblockproject.info 104.27.184.38 104.27.185.38 4. 123unblock http://123unblock.space/ 123unblock.space 104.31.64.59 104.31.65.59 https://123unblock.fun/ 123unblock.fun 104.28.0.166 104.28.1.166 http://unbl0ck.online/ unbl0ck.online 104.18.56.20 104.18.57.20 http://123unblock.icu/ 123unblock.icu 104.18.44.139 104.18.45.139 5. prox4u http://prox4you.club/ prox4you.club 104.18.49.160 104.18.48.160 https://prox4you.pro/ prox4you.pro 104.18.58.212 104.18.59.212 http://prox4you.info/ prox4you.info 104.27.182.91 104.27.183.91 6. unblocked.to https://unblocked.to/ unblocked.to 104.28.15.242 104.28.14.242 7. prostylex https://prostylex.org/ prostylex.org 104.18.56.4 104.18.57.4 8. torrents.io https://torrents.io torrents.io 104.27.208.30 104.27.209.30 9. katcr.co https://katcr.co/ katcr.co 91.212.150.157 10. katcr.to https://katcr.to/ katcr.to 104.31.16.3 104.31.17.3 11. kikass.to https://kikass.to/ kikass.to 104.27.150.245 104.27.151.245 12. kat.sx/ https://kat.sx/ kat.sx 104.31.16.3 104.31.17.3 13. kickass.sx https://kickass.sx/ kickass.sx 104.31.18.30 104.31.19.30 14. kickass1.to https://kickass1.to/ kickass1.to 104.31.18.30 104.31.19.30 https://kat.ag kat.ag 104.31.18.30 104.31.19.30 15. ibit https://ibit.to ibit.to 104.31.94.163 104.31.95.163 16. onionplay https://onionplay.eu onionplay.eu 104.18.50.237 104.18.51.237 https://onionplay-network.xyz/ onionplay-network.xyz 104.28.12.127 104.28.13.127 https://onionplay.co/ onionplay.co 104.27.180.32 104.27.181.32 https://proxyportal.org proxyportal.org 104.31.82.250 104.31.83.250 https://proxyportal.ws/ proxyportal.ws 104.28.14.239 104.28.15.239 17. p30download https://p30download.com p30download.com 5.144.130.116 18. torrentquest https://torrentquest.com/ torrentquest.com 104.27.156.51 104.27.157.51 19. rutor http://rutor.info/ rutor.info 91.132.60.13 20. btbtdy http://btbtdy.me/ btbtdy.me 203.186.25.59 103.113.156.70 116.92.208.79 21. lookmovie https://lookmovie.ag/ lookmovie.ag 104.31.112.70 104.31.113.70 22. 037hdd https://www.037hdd.com/ 037hdd.com 104.25.34.28 104.25.35.28 23. cuevana3 https://cuevana3.io/ cuevana3.io 172.64.100.14 172.64.101.14 https://cuevana3.co/ cuevana3.co 104.27.156.231 104.27.157.231 24. exsite24 https://exsite24.pl/ exsite24.pl 104.18.36.250 104.18.37.250 25. downduck http://www.downduck.com/ downduck.com 104.28.10.121 104.28.11.121 26. downloadha https://www.downloadha.com/ downloadha.com 79.127.127.25 27. emotionvideo-tv http://emotionvideo-tv.com/ emotionvideo-tv.com 51.15.22.226 28. movieon21 http://movieon21.biz/ movieon21.biz 103.194.171.190 http://movieon21.xyz/ movieon21.xyz 104.27.142.143 104.27.143.143 29. modufree http://m6.modufree.net modufree.net 104.27.140.55 104.27.141.55 https://j20.hitjjal.com/ j20.hitjjal.com 104.27.160.54 104.27.161.54 30. phim33 https://phim33.com/ phim33.com 104.18.48.232 104.18.49.232 31. tfpdl https://www.tfp.is/ tfp.is 104.24.115.4 104.24.114.4 32. tvsubtitles http://www.tvsubtitles.net/ tvsubtitles.net 91.226.212.44 33. msubs http://www.msubs.net msubs.net 91.234.33.166 34. dytt series https://dytt8.net/ dytt8.net 127.66.100.10 35. ttdytt https://www.ttdytt.cc/ ttdytt.cc 113.52.134.110 https://www.ttdytt.net/ ttdytt.net 113.52.134.110 36. fast-torrent http://fast-torrent.ru/ fast-torrent.ru 5.45.71.49 37. heroturko http://www.heroturko.net/ heroturko.net 104.27.128.189 104.27.129.189 38. imovies https://www.imovies.cc imovies.cc 188.93.90.62 https://www.imovies.ge imovies.ge 188.93.90.62 39. getpopcorntime https://getpopcorntime.is/ getpopcorntime.is 185.198.57.17 81.17.30.43 185.248.160.75 62.141.46.79 40. toxicwap http://toxicwap.com toxicwap.com 104.27.240.249 104.27.241.249 41. english-films https://english-films.com/ english-films.com 51.77.244.43 42. topeuropix https://topeuropix.net/ topeuropix.net 172.64.134.3 172.64.135.3 https://topeuropix.com/ topeuropix.com 104.27.164.14 104.27.165.14 43. poseidonhd https://poseidonhd.me/ poseidonhd.me 172.64.175.12 172.64.174.12 https://poseidonhd.co/ poseidonhd.co 172.64.136.36 172.64.137.36 44. anakbnet http://www.anakbnet.com/ anakbnet.com 104.25.151.16 104.25.150.16 45. moviesjoy https://www.moviesjoy.net/ moviesjoy.net 104.28.20.245 104.28.21.245 46. filmlicious https://www.filmlicious.net/ filmlicious.net 104.27.174.37 104.27.175.37 47. proxybit https://proxybit.fun/ proxybit.fun 104.24.113.183 104.24.112.183 https://proxybit.pro/ proxybit.pro 104.27.180.73 104.27.181.73 48. 123movies.love https://www.123movies.love/ 123movies.love 104.28.10.159 104.28.11.159 49. movies.cab https://1primewire.com/ 1primewire.com 104.24.117.75 104.24.116.75 https://movies.cab/ movies.cab 104.27.157.142 104.27.156.142 https://www1.putlocker.digital/ putlocker.digital 104.24.110.101 104.24.111.101 50. solarmoviefree http://www6.solarmoviefree.net/ solarmoviefree.net 104.31.70.113 104.31.71.113 51. solarmovie.net http://www1.solarmovie.net/ solarmovie.net 104.26.5.191 104.26.4.191 52. yifyddl.movie/yify.yt https://yifyddl.movie/ yifyddl.movie 104.28.7.57 104.28.6.57 https://yify.yt/ yify.yt 104.31.65.120 104.31.64.120 53. yifymovietorrent.com https://yifymovietorrent.com/ yifymovietorrent.com 104.27.136.165 104.27.137.165 54. ytsdownload.com https://ytsdownload.com/ ytsdownload.com 104.28.6.79 104.28.7.79 55. movie4k.ag https://movie4k.ag/ movie4k.ag 5.254.40.240 56. fmovies.org http://www3.fmovies.org/ fmovies.org 104.26.14.229 104.26.15.229 57. 5movies.cloud https://5movies.cloud/ 5movies.cloud 104.31.84.55 104.31.85.55 58. couchtuner2.com http://couchtuner2.com/ couchtuner2.com 54.38.69.123 59. couchtuner123.com https://couchtuner123.com/ couchtuner123.com 104.31.76.207 104.31.77.207 60. couchtuner.watch https://ww1.couchtuner.watch/ couchtuner.watch 104.24.108.203 104.24.109.203 61. couchtuner0.com https://couchtuner0.com/ couchtuner0.com 104.28.12.68 104.28.13.68 62. 1watchfree.me https://2watchfree.me/ 2watchfree.me 162.251.108.146 https://1watchfree.me/ 1watchfree.me 162.251.108.146 63. putlockerstoworld2.com https://putlockerstoworld2.com/ putlockerstoworld2.com 104.18.58.244 104.18.59.244 64. putlocker.actor https://putlocker.actor/ putlocker.actor 104.24.102.61 104.24.103.61 65. zmz2019.com http://www.rrys2019.com/ rrys2019.com 96.44.183.197 http://www.zmz2019.com/ zmz2019.com 47.52.153.161 47.52.174.174 66. m4ufree.tv http://m4ufree.tv/ m4ufree.tv 104.31.90.131 104.31.91.131 67. them4ufree.info http://them4ufree.info/ them4ufree.info 104.31.84.227 104.31.85.227 68. projectfreetv.xyz https://projectfreetv.xyz/ projectfreetv.xyz 104.26.12.207 104.26.13.207 69. yesmovies.ai https://www13.yesmovies.gg/ yesmovies.gg 104.25.206.11 104.25.207.11 https://yesmovies.ai/ yesmovies.ai 104.26.5.144 104.26.4.144 70. yesmovies.cloud https://www3.yesmovies.cloud yesmovies.cloud 104.28.0.55 104.28.1.55 71. 99kubo http://www.99kubo.tv/ 99kubo.tv 104.20.182.100 104.20.181.100 72. cayphim http://cayphim.net/ cayphim.net 108.61.159.182 73. dramacool https://www4.dramacool.video/ dramacool.video 104.26.12.197 104.26.13.197 https://www1.dramacool.movie/ dramacool.movie 104.26.9.156 104.26.8.156 74. gimy https://gimy.tv/ gimy.tv 104.26.1.83 104.26.0.83 75. kenh88 http://kenh88.com/ kenh88.com 104.28.25.86 104.28.24.86 76. yeuphimmoi https://yeuphimmoi.com/ yeuphimmoi.com 104.31.66.58 104.31.67.58 77. Anime-sharing http://www.anime-sharing.com/ Anime-sharing.com 104.25.24.115 104.25.23.115 78. Tokyotosho http://tokyotosho.info/ Tokyotosho.info 104.27.138.240 104.27.139.240 79. animetosho https://animetosho.org/ animetosho.org 185.22.172.173 80. animebam https://www.animebam.net/ animebam.net 104.26.12.60 104.26.13.60 https://www.animebam.se/ animebam.se 104.31.76.148 104.31.77.148 81. animelon https://animelon.com/ animelon.com 104.27.155.10 104.27.154.10 82. animejolt https://ww5.animejolt.com/ animejolt.com 104.18.39.84 104.18.38.84 83. project-gxs https://project-gxs.com/ project-gxs.com 185.62.190.8 84. eyeonanime https://eyeonanime.tv/ eyeonanime.tv 104.31.75.173 104.31.74.173 85. animehd47 https://animehd47.com/ animehd47.com 104.28.24.254 104.28.25.254 86. animereborn http://animereborn.io/ animereborn.io 104.24.118.26 104.24.119.26
BURLEY J: 1 On 20 April 2020 I delivered reasons for judgment where I found that the respondents, each a carriage service provider (CSP), should be required to take reasonable steps to disable access to 86 target online locations that infringe or facilitate the infringement of copyright: Roadshow Films Pty Limited v Telstra Corporation Limited [2020] FCA 507. These reasons adopt the same definitions as in Roadshow. 2 The orders that I proposed to make in Roadshow were set out in Annexure A of the reasons, and were in a slightly different form to those made in a number of previous applications under s 115A of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). In particular, in Order 12 they provide a new process whereby additional URLs, domain names and IP Addresses that provide access to target online locations which are the subject of existing orders (additional avenues) can be added to the operation of those orders without further order of the Court. Having regard to the novelty of this form, I invited further submissions from the parties, which have now been received from the applicants and from one of the five respondent groups, Telstra. 3 Having regard to those submissions, the revised form of Order 12 that I will now make is set out below, with amendments to the form proposed in Roadshow marked up: If a website the subject of any of the Target Online Locations is at any time during the operation of these Orders provided from a different Domain Name, IP Address or URL, the Applicants may, by their solicitor: (a) Provide a notice in writing to the Respondents and the Court that: (i) Identifies the different Domain Name, IP Address or URL; and (ii) Certifies that, in the good faith belief of the Applicants, the website operated from the different Domain Name, IP Address or URL is a new location for the Target Online Locations the subject of these Orders and brief reasons therefore; (b) Within 147 business days of the notice given pursuant to Order 12(a), the Respondents must notify the Applicants and the Court in writing if they agree object to taking steps pursuant to Order 1 [being the initial site blocking Order] to disable access to the Domain Name, IP Address or URL notified in accordance with Order 12(a); (c) If any Respondent does not agree objects to disableing a Domain Name, IP Address or URL notified in accordance with Order 12(a), or the Court otherwise considers it appropriate to do so, the proceeding will be relisted for further directions; and (d) If, within the time period specified in Order 12(b), no any Respondent objects agrees to disableing access to any Domain Name, IP Address or URL notified in accordance with Order 12(a), and the Court does not otherwise require the proceeding to be relisted, then upon receipt of a notification from the Applicants that the Court does not require the matter to be relisted, that Respondent must take steps pursuant to Order 1 to disable access to the Domain Name, IP Address or URL notified in accordance with Order 12(a)the subject of the agreement. 4 The procedure envisaged in the initially proposed orders required the respondents to consent to the inclusion of additional avenues, failing which the proceedings would be re-listed. The applicants submit that this procedure would be complicated by the problem that frequently, as in the present case, some of the CSPs joined as respondents elect not to participate in the proceedings. They either enter submitting appearances (as Telstra, Optus and Vodafone did in the present case) or enter no appearance at all, despite being ordered to do so (as TPG and Vocus did). In the present proceedings, only Telstra entered an appearance and also supplied submissions in relation to the form of orders. 5 This leads to two difficulties. The first is that more frequently than not it may be expected, as here, that there will be no participation in the proceedings at all by the CSPs. This appears to be routine in such cases: see Roadshow Films Pty Limited v Telstra Corporation Limited [2019] FCA 1328 at [10] - [11]; Roadshow Films Pty Limited v Telstra Corporation Limited [2019] FCA 885 at [2]; Foxtel Management Pty Limited v TPG Internet Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 1450 at [2]; Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd v Telstra Corporation Limited [2019] FCA 751 at [7]. The norm is likely to be that at least some of the CSPs will not consent to the inclusion of the additional avenues, which will occasion the relisting of the proceedings and additional delay and expense, which is antithetical to the purpose for the broader regime envisaged under the recent amendments to s 115A: see Roadshow at [76] - [78]. 6 Secondly, if one CSP does consent, but others do not, the consenting CSP may in effect be penalised, because only it will be the subject of a broader site blocking order. This could over time provide the other CSPs with a competitive advantage. 7 The applicants contend that the preferable approach is for the additional avenues to be included within site blocking orders if, upon the provision of notice to the respondents, the respondents fail to notify the Court and the applicants whether they agree to the inclusion within a specified period. Telstra agrees broadly with this approach, but submits that it should be refined slightly so that the obligation upon the CSPs is to indicate "if they object" to the inclusion of the additional avenues. Telstra submits that it is not well placed to determine which online locations are to be blocked, or what additional avenues should be blocked, and does not wish for the additional cost burden of ascertaining the answer to that question to fall upon it. Accordingly, a more appropriate wording is for a CSP to have the opportunity to object to blocking any additional avenue, should a matter come to its attention that should be raised, but otherwise the question of what should be blocked be left to the applicants and the Court. 8 Having regard to the arguments of the parties, I am satisfied that the approach proposed by the applicants, as refined by the Telstra proposal, is appropriate. It meets the objective of the legislation to facilitate, in appropriate cases, a more expeditious and less expensive means by which orders may be amended. I certify that the preceding eight (8) numbered paragraphs are a true copy of the Reasons for Judgment herein of the Honourable Justice Burley.
SCHEDULE OF PARTIES NSD 1940 of 2019 Applicants Fourth Applicant: PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION Fifth Applicant: COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC. Sixth Applicant: UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC. Seventh Applicant: WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. Eighth Applicant: NETFLIX STUDIOS, LLC Ninth Applicant: TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED (COMPANY REGISTRY NUMBER 0011781) Tenth Applicant: TVBO PRODUCTION LIMITED (REGISTRATION NO. EC 32284) Eleventh Applicant: MADMAN ANIME GROUP PTY LTD Respondents Fourth Respondent: OPTUS MOBILE PTY LIMITED (ACN 054 365 66) Fifth Respondent: OPTUS NETWORKS PTY LIMITED (ACN 008 570 330) Sixth Respondent: OPTUS ADSL PTY LIMITED (ACN 138 676 356) Seventh Respondent: OPTUS SATELLITE PTY LIMITED (ACN 091 790 313) Eighth Respondent: UECOMM OPERATIONS PTY LIMITED (ACN 093 504 100) Ninth Respondent: OPTUS INTERNET PTY LIMITED (ACN 083 164 532) Tenth Respondent: VIRGIN MOBILE (AUSTRALIA) PTY LIMITED (ACN 092 726 442) Eleventh Respondent: OPTUS WHOLESALE PTY LIMITED (ACN 092 227 551) Twelfth Respondent: M2 WHOLESALE PTY LTD (ABN 99 119 220 843) Thirteenth Respondent: M2 WHOLESALE SERVICES PTY LTD (ACN 071 659 348) Fourteenth Respondent: M2 COMMANDER PTY LTD (ACN 136 950 082) Fifteenth Respondent: PRIMUS NETWORK (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD (ACN 109 142 216) Sixteenth Respondent: PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD (ACN 071 191 396) Seventeenth Respondent: PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD (ACN 061 754 943) Eighteenth Respondent: DODO SERVICES PTY LTD (ACN 158 289 331) Nineteenth Respondent: ENGIN PTY LTD (ACN 080 250 371) Twentieth Respondent: EFTEL CORPORATE PTY LTD (ACN 154 634 054) Twenty-First Respondent: EFTEL RETAIL PTY LTD (ACN 092 667 126) Twenty-Second Respondent: EFTEL WHOLESALE PTY LTD (ACN 123 409 058) Twenty-Third Respondent: CLUB TELCO PTY LTD (ACN 144 488 620) Twenty-Fourth Respondent: WHOLESALE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP PTY LTD (ACN 109 626 011) Twenty-Fifth Respondent: 2TALK PTY LTD (ACN 161 656 499) Twenty-Sixth Respondent: VOCUS PTY LTD (ACN 127 842 853) Twenty-Seventh Respondent: AMCOM IP TEL PTY LTD (ACN 065 092 962) Twenty-Eighth Respondent: AMNET BROADBAND PTY LTD (ACN 092 472 350) Twenty-Ninth Respondent: NEXTGEN NETWORKS PTY LTD (ACN 094 147 403) Thirtieth Respondent: TPG INTERNET PTY LTD (ACN 068 383 737) Thirty-First Respondent: TPG NETWORK PTY LTD (ACN 003 064 328) Thirty-Second Respondent: FTTB WHOLESALE PTY LTD (ACN 087 533 328) Thirty-Third Respondent: CHARIOT PTY LTD (ACN 088 377 860) Thirty-Fourth Respondent: SOUL PATTINSON TELECOMMUNICATIONS PTY LIMITED (ACN 001 726 192) Thirty-Fifth Respondent: SPT TELECOMMUNICATIONS PTY LIMITED (ACN 099 173 770) Thirty-Sixth Respondent: SPTCOM PTY LIMITED (ACN 111 578 897) Thirty-Seventh Respondent: SOUL COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD (ACN 085 089 970) Thirty-Eighth Respondent: PIPE NETWORKS PTY LIMITED (ACN 099 104 122) Thirty-Ninth Respondent: INTRAPOWER TERRESTRIAL PTY LTD (ACN 081 193 259) Fortieth Respondent: IINET LIMITED (ACN 068 628 937) Forty-First Respondent: INTERNODE PTY LTD (ACN 82 052 008 581) Forty-Second Respondent: TRANSACT CAPITAL COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD (ACN 093 966 888) Forty-Third Respondent: TRANSACT VICTORIA COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD (ACN 063 024 475) Forty-Fourth Respondent: WESTNET PTY LTD (ACN 086 416 908) Forty-Fifth Respondent: ADAM INTERNET PTY LTD (ACN 055 495 853) Forty-Sixth Respondent: AAPT LIMITED (ACN 052 082 416) Forty-Seventh Respondent: REQUEST BROADBAND PTY LTD (ACN 091 530 586) Forty-Eighth Respondent: VODAFONE HUTCHISON AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED (ACN 096 304 620) Forty-Ninth Respondent: VODAFONE NETWORK PTY LIMITED (ACN 081 918 461) Fiftieth Respondent: VODAFONE PTY LIMITED (ACN 062 954 554)
Roadshow Films Pty Limited
Telstra Corporation Limited