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COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT (ONLINE INFRINGEMENT) BILL 2015

 

 

 

2013-2014-2015 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

Copyright Amendment (Online 

Infringement) Bill 2015 

 

No.      , 2015 

 

(Attorney-General) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Copyright Act 1968

and for related purposes 

   

   

 

 

No.      , 2015 

Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015 

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Contents 

Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

Schedules ........................................................................................... 2

 

Schedule 1--Amendments

 

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Copyright Act 1968

 

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A Bill for an Act to amend the Copyright Act 1968

and for related purposes 

The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

1  Short title 

 

  This Act may be cited as the Copyright Amendment (Online 

Infringement) Act 2015

2  Commencement 

 

  This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal 

Assent. 

   

   

 

 

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3  Schedules 

 

  Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 

concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 

according to its terms. 

Amendments  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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Schedule 1

--Amendments 

   

Copyright Act 1968 

1  After section 115 

Insert: 

115A  Injunctions against carriage service providers providing 

access to online locations outside Australia 

 

(1)  The Federal Court of Australia may, on application by the owner of 

a copyright, grant an injunction referred to in subsection (2) if the 

Court is satisfied that: 

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(a)  a carriage service provider provides access to an online 

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location outside Australia; and 

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(b)  the online location infringes, or facilitates an infringement of, 

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the copyright; and 

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(c)  the primary purpose of the online location is to infringe, or to 

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facilitate the infringement of, copyright (whether or not in 

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Australia). 

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(2)  The injunction is to require the carriage service provider to take 

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reasonable steps to disable access to the online location. 

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Parties 

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(3)  The parties to an action under subsection (1) are: 

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(a)  the owner of the copyright; and 

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(b)  the carriage service provider; and 

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(c)  the person who operates the online location if, but only if, 

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that person makes an application to be joined as a party to the 

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proceedings. 

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Service 

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(4)  The owner of the copyright must notify: 

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(a)  the carriage service provider; and 

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(b)  the person who operates the online location; 

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of the making of an application under subsection (1), but the Court 

may dispense, on such terms as it sees fit, with the notice required 

to be sent under paragraph (b) if the Court is satisfied that the 

owner of the copyright is unable, despite reasonable efforts, to 

determine the identity or address of the person who operates the 

online location, or to send notices to that person. 

Matters to be taken into account 

 

(5)  In determining whether to grant the injunction, the Court is to take 

the following matters into account: 

 

(a)  the flagrancy of the infringement, or the flagrancy of the 

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facilitation of the infringement, as referred to in 

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paragraph (1)(c); 

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(b)  whether the online location makes available or contains 

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directories, indexes or categories of the means to infringe, or 

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facilitate an infringement of, copyright; 

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(c)  whether the owner or operator of the online location 

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demonstrates a disregard for copyright generally; 

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(d)  whether access to the online location has been disabled by 

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orders from any court of another country or territory on the 

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ground of or related to copyright infringement; 

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(e)  whether disabling access to the online location is a 

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proportionate response in the circumstances; 

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(f)  the impact on any person, or class of persons, likely to be 

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affected by the grant of the injunction; 

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(g)  whether it is in the public interest to disable access to the 

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online location; 

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(h)  whether the owner of the copyright complied with 

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subsection (4); 

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(i)  any other remedies available under this Act; 

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(j)  any other matter prescribed by the regulations; 

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(k)  any other relevant matter. 

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Affidavit evidence 

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(6)  For the purposes of the proceedings, section 134A (affidavit 

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evidence) applies as if the reference in paragraph 134A(f) to a 

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particular act included a reference to a class of acts. 

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Rescinding and varying injunctions 

 

(7)  The Court may: 

 

(a)  limit the duration of; or 

 

(b)  upon application, rescind or vary; 

an injunction granted under this section. 

 

(8)  An application under subsection (7) may be made by: 

 

(a)  any of the persons referred to in subsection (3); or 

 

(b)  any other person prescribed by the regulations. 

Costs 

 

(9)  The carriage service provider is not liable for any costs in relation 

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to the proceedings unless the provider enters an appearance and 

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takes part in the proceedings. 

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2  Paragraphs 119(a) and 120(1)(b) 

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After "115", insert "or 115A". 

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3  Section 131A 

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Before "The", insert "(1)". 

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4  At the end of section 131A 

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Add: 

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(2)  Despite subsection 39(2) of the Judiciary Act 1903, the Supreme 

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Court of a State or Territory does not have jurisdiction in relation 

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to applications under section 115A of this Act (injunctions against 

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carriage service providers providing access to online locations 

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outside Australia). 

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5  At the end of section 131D 

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Add "(other than section 115A)". 

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