Roadshow Films Pty Limited v Telstra Corporation Limited (Extension of Orders)
[2023] FCA 1167
•29 September 2023
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Roadshow Films Pty Limited v Telstra Corporation Limited (Extension of Orders) [2023] FCA 1167
File number(s): NSD 1940 of 2019
NSD 663 of 2017Judgment of: BURLEY J Date of judgment: 29 September 2023 Catchwords: COPYRIGHT – section 115A of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) – extension of injunction requiring carriage service providers to take reasonable steps to disable access to online locations infringing or facilitating infringement of copyright – joinder of additional carriage service providers – appropriate form of orders – extension granted Legislation: Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 115A
Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2015 (Cth)
Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2018 (Cth)
Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 9.05(1)(b)(iii)
Cases cited: Columbia Pictures v British Telecommunications [2021] EWHC 2799 (Ch)
Columbia Pictures v British Telecommunications [2022] EWHC 2403 (Ch)
Foxtel Management Pty Limited v TPG Internet Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 1041; 349 ALR 154
Roadshow Films Pty Limited v Telstra Corporation Limited (No 2) [2020] FCA 769; 153 IPR 317
Roadshow Films Pty Limited v Telstra Corporation Limited [2020] FCA 507; 151 IPR 449
Roadshow Films Pty Limited v Telstra Corporation Limited [2020] FCA 1468
Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Ltd [2016] FCA 1503; 248 FCR 178
Universal Music Australia Pty Limited v TPG Internet Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 435; 348 ALR 493
Division: General Division Registry: New South Wales National Practice Area: Intellectual Property Sub-area: Copyright and Industrial Designs Number of paragraphs: 29 Date of hearing: Determined on the papers Counsel for the Applicant in NSD 663 of 2017: Ms J M Beaumont SC Solicitor for the Applicant in NSD 663 of 2017: Minter Ellison Lawyers Counsel for the Respondents in NSD 663 of 2017 The Respondents did not appear Counsel for the Applicants in NSD 1940 of 2019: Ms F St John Solicitor for the Applicants in NSD 1940 of 2019: Baker McKenzie Counsel for the Respondents in NSD 1940 of 2019 The Respondents did not appear ORDERS
NSD 1940 of 2019 BETWEEN: ROADSHOW FILMS PTY LTD
First Applicant
VILLAGE ROADSHOW FILMS (BVI) LTD
Second Applicant
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. (and others named in the Schedule)
Third Applicant
AND: TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED
First Respondent
PACNET INTERNET (A) PTY LTD (ACN 085 213 690)
Second Respondent
PACNET SERVICES (A) PTY. LTD. (ACN 056 783 852) (and others named in the Schedule)
Third Respondent
ORDER MADE BY:
BURLEY J
DATE OF ORDER:
29 SEPTEMBER 2023
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
1.The Court’s orders made on 4 June 2020 (Orders), as amended by the Court’s orders made on 30 May 2023, are amended as follows:
(a)Order 11 is amended to:
(i)Delete the words “and/or” at the end of Order 11(b);
(ii)Insert the words “and/or” at the end of Order 11(c); and
(iii)Include a new Order 11(d) in the following terms: “for an order in this proceeding extending the period of operation of the orders”; and
(b)Order 14 is replaced with the words:
“If an Applicant makes an application under order 11(d) to extend the period of operation of these orders, the following procedure applies:
(a)the application must be made at least 28 days prior to the expiry of the operation of the orders by filing a minute of the orders sought together with a solicitor’s certification in accordance with (b) below;
(b)a solicitor on behalf of the Applicant must certify that:
(i)within the 6 weeks prior to the application, the solicitor or another representative of the Applicant has attempted to access each Target Online Location via each Target Domain Name;
(ii)following the exercise in (b)(i) above, the solicitor has a good faith belief that each Target Online Location that is the subject of the application has not permanently ceased to have the primary purpose or effect of infringing or facilitating the infringement of copyright, and that each Target Domain Name, Target URL or Target IP address that is the subject of the application has not permanently ceased to enable or facilitate access to a Target Online Location;
(iii)the Applicant has given the Respondents at least 7 days’ notice of the application;
(c)the accompanying minute of order may specify any Target Domain Names, Target URLs or Target IP addresses that are excluded from the application;
(d)within 7 days of receiving notice of the application, any Respondent objecting to the extension of these orders must notify the Applicant and the Court in writing of the objection and the reasons therefor;
(e)if any Respondent objects in accordance with (d) above, the proceeding will be relisted for directions, unless the Court otherwise orders;
(f)if no Respondent gives notice of any objection, then the Court may make orders in terms of the Applicant’s minute without any further hearing;
(g)the Applicant must serve on the Respondents any such orders made; and
(h)the Applicant must attempt to give each relevant Target Online Location notice of the Orders made by sending an email to one email address identified by such Location as providing a means to contact its operator or administrator (if any is identified), further notifying it that it may seek to vary or set aside such Orders upon the filing of a notice of appearance with the Court and an appropriate application, supported by affidavit evidence.”
(c)Order 15 and Order 16 are deleted; and
(d)Schedule 1 to the Orders is replaced with Appendix A to these orders.
2.The operation of Orders 1 to 18 of the Orders, as amended by order 1 of these orders, shall operate for a further 3 years from the date of these orders.
3.Pursuant to rule 9.05(1)(b)(iii) of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), the following entities be joined as respondents to this proceeding:
(a)Amaysim Mobile Pty Ltd (ACN 645 692 093) be joined as the Fifty-First Respondent;
(b)Vaya Pty Ltd (ACN 150 761 032) be joined as the Fifty-Second Respondent; and
(c)Vaya Communications Pty Ltd (ACN 608 385 520) be joined at the Fifty-Third Respondent,
(together, the Additional Optus Respondents).
4.For the Additional Optus Respondents, the time period in Order 1 of the Court’s Orders, as amended by these orders, starts to run in relation to the Target Online Locations referred to in those orders (as varied), upon service of these orders on those respondents.
5.There be no order as to costs.
Note:Entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 39.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011.
Appendix A
No Target Online Location Target Domain Name Target IP Addresses Target URL 1. 037hdd 037hdd.com 104.25.35.28 2. 123unblock 123unblock.icu 104.18.44.139 104.18.45.139 123unblock.space 104.31.64.59 104.31.65.59 unbl0ck.online 104.18.56.20 104.18.57.20 3. 1watchfree.me 2watchfree.me 162.251.108.146 1watchfree.me 162.251.108.146 4. 5movies.cloud 5movies.cloud 104.31.84.55 104.31.85.55 5. 99kubo 99kubo.tv 104.20.182.100 104.20.181.100 6. anakbnet anakbnet.com 104.25.151.16 104.25.150.16 7. animebam animebam.net 104.26.12.60 104.26.13.60 animebam.se 104.31.76.148 104.31.77.148 8. animehd47 animehd47.com 104.28.24.254 104.28.25.254 9. animejolt animejolt.com 104.18.39.84 104.18.38.84 10. animelon animelon.com 104.27.155.10 104.27.154.10 11. animereborn animereborn.io 104.24.118.26 104.24.119.26 12. animetosho animetosho.org 185.22.172.173 13. anime-sharing anime-sharing.com 104.25.24.115 104.25.23.115 14. btbtdy btbtdy.me 203.186.25.59 103.113.156.70 116.92.208.79 15. couchtuner.watch couchtuner.watch 104.24.108.203 104.24.109.203 16. couchtuner0.com couchtuner0.com 104.28.12.68 104.28.13.68 17. couchtuner123.com couchtuner123.com 104.31.76.207 104.31.77.207 18. cuevana3 cuevana3.co 104.27.156.231 104.27.157.231 cuevana3.io 172.64.100.14 172.64.101.14 19. downduck downduck.com 104.28.10.121 104.28.11.121 20. dramacool dramacool9.co 172.67.180.65 104.21.18.36 dramacool.video 104.26.12.197 104.26.13.197 dramacool.movie 104.26.9.156 104.26.8.156 dramacool.ch 104.26.13.65 172.67.68.87 104.26.12.65 dramacool.so 172.67.190.56 104.21.19.213 watchasian.vc 104.26.1.51 104.26.0.51 172.67.73.58 watchasian.cc 172.67.73.226 104.26.4.226 104.26.5.226 watchasian.net 104.21.65.229 172.67.193.232 watchasian.to 104.21.235.80 104.21.235.79 21. dytt series dytt8.net 127.66.100.10 22. emotionvideo-tv emotionvideo-tv.com 51.15.22.226 23. english-films english-films.com 51.77.244.43 24. exsite24 exsite24.pl 104.18.36.250 25. 104.18.37.250 26. fast-torrent fast-torrent.ru 5.45.71.49 27. filmlicious filmlicious.net 104.27.174.37 104.27.175.37 28. fmovies.org fmovies.org 104.26.14.229 104.26.15.229 29. getpopcorntime getpopcorntime.is 185.198.57.17 81.17.30.43 185.248.160.75 62.141.46.79 30. gimy gimy.co 172.67.185.38 104.21.51.195 gimy.tv 104.26.1.83 104.26.0.83 31. heroturko heroturko.net 104.27.128.189 104.27.129.189 32. ibit ibit.to 104.31.94.163 104.31.95.163 33. imovies imovies.cc 188.93.90.62 imovies.ge 188.93.90.62 34. kat.sx/ kat.sx 104.31.16.3 104.31.17.3 35. katcr.to katcr.to 104.31.16.3 104.31.17.3 36. kenh88 kenh88.com 104.28.25.86 104.28.24.86 37. kickass.sx kickass.sx 104.31.18.30 104.31.19.30 38. kickass1.to kickass1.to 104.31.18.30 104.31.19.30 kat.ag 104.31.18.30 104.31.19.30 39. kikass.to kikass.to 104.27.150.245 104.27.151.245 kickasstorrent.cr 104.28.1.114 172.67.135.31 104.28.0.114 40. lookmovie lookmovie.ag 104.31.112.70 104.31.113.70 lookmovie2.to 185.225.115.56 91.149.224.176 185.225.114.120 lookmovie.io 37.49.229.176 5.182.209.79 185.51.247.239 41. m4ufree.tv m4ufree.tv 104.31.90.131 104.31.91.131 42. modufree j20.hitjjal.com 104.27.160.54 104.27.161.54 modufree.net 104.27.140.55 104.27.141.55 43. movie4k.ag movie4k.ag 5.254.40.240 44. movieon21 movieon21.xyz 104.27.142.143 104.27.143.143 45. movies.cab 1primewire.com 104.24.117.75 104.24.116.75 putlocker.digital 104.24.110.101 104.24.111.101 primewire.space 172.67.141.120 104.21.27.57 movies.cab 104.27.157.142 104.27.156.142 primewire.show 104.21.37.15 172.67.202.105 46. moviesjoy moviesjoy.to 172.67.141.120 104.21.27.57 moviesjoy.net 104.28.20.245 104.28.21.245 47. mrunlock mrunlock.space 104.28.31.129 104.28.30.129 mrunlock.red 104.31.79.99 104.31.78.99 mrunlock.club 104.27.142.212 104.27.143.212 172.67.169.241 mrunblock.pw 104.18.52.83 104.18.53.83 172.67.205.68 48. msubs msubs.net 91.234.33.166 49. nocensor nocensor.casa 104.24.103.195 104.24.102.195 nocensor.fun 104.24.106.180 104.24.107.180 50. onionplay onionplay.co 104.27.180.32 104.27.181.32 proxyportal.org 104.31.82.250 104.31.83.250 onionplay.eu 104.18.50.237 104.18.51.237 51. p30download p30download.com 5.144.130.116 52. phim33 phim33.com 104.18.48.232 104.18.49.232 53. poseidonhd poseidonhd.me 172.64.175.12 172.64.174.12 poseidonhd.co 172.64.136.36 172.64.137.36 54. projectfreetv.xyz projectfreetv.xyz 104.26.12.207 104.26.13.207 55. prostylex prostylex.org 104.18.56.4 104.18.57.4 56. proxybit proxybit.pro 104.27.180.73 104.27.181.73 57. putlocker.actor putlocker.actor 104.24.102.61 104.24.103.61 58. putlockerstoworld2.co m putlockerstoworld2.co m 104.18.58.244 104.18.59.244 59. rutor rutor.info 91.132.60.13 60. solarmovie.net solarmovie.net 104.26.5.191 104.26.4.191 61. solarmoviefree solarmoviefree.net 104.31.70.113 104.31.71.113 62. tfpdl tfp.is 104.24.115.4 104.24.114.4 63. them4ufree.info them4ufree.info 104.31.84.227 104.31.85.227 64. Tokyotosho tokyotosho.info 104.27.138.240 104.27.139.240 65. topeuropix topeuropix.net 172.64.134.3 172.64.135.3 topeuropix.com 104.27.164.14 104.27.165.14 66. torrentquest torrentquest.com 104.27.156.51 104.27.157.51 67. torrents.io torrents.io 104.27.208.30 104.27.209.30 68. toxicwap toxicwap.com 104.27.240.249 104.27.241.249 69. ttdytt ttdytt.cc 113.52.134.110 ttdytt.net 113.52.134.110 70. tvsubtitles tvsubtitles.net 91.226.212.44 71. unblocked.to unblocked.to 104.28.15.242 104.28.14.242 72. unblockproject unblockproject.icu 104.31.93.108 104.31.92.108 unblockproject.pw 104.31.84.187 104.31.85.187 73. yesmovies.ai yesmovies.ag 172.64.200.8 172.64.201.8 yesmovies.at 104.21.32.125 172.67.151.247 yesmovies.gg 104.25.206.11 104.25.207.11 yesmovies.so 104.28.6.245 104.28.7.245 172.67.160.157 yesmovies.ai 104.26.5.144 104.26.4.144 yesmovies.net 104.27.129.216 104.27.128.216 172.67.153.170 yesmovies.movie 94.242.62.138 yesmovieshd.to 104.24.100.121 104.24.101.121 172.67.146.93 yesmovies.zone 104.27.169.71 104.27.168.71 172.67.208.133 74. yesmovies.cloud yesmovies123.me 104.28.12.34 104.28.13.34 172.67.130.28 yesmovies.cloud 104.28.0.55 104.28.1.55 yesmovies.surf 104.31.85.74 104.31.84.74 172.67.142.150 75. yifyddl.movie/yify.yt yify.yt 104.31.65.120 104.31.64.120 76. yeuphimmoi yeuphimmoi.com 104.31.66.58 104.31.67.58 77. zmz2019.com rrys2019.com 96.44.183.197 zmz2019.com 47.52.153.161 47.52.174.174 ORDERS
NSD 663 of 2017 BETWEEN: FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LIMITED ACN 068 671 938
Applicant
AND: TPG INTERNET PTY LTD ACN 068 383 737
First Respondent
IINET LIMITED ACN 068 628 937
Second Respondent
TPG NETWORK PTY LTD ACN 003 064 328 (and others named in the Schedule)
Third Respondent
ORDER MADE BY:
BURLEY J
DATE OF ORDER:
29 SEPTEMBER 2023
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
1.The Court’s orders made on 18 August 2017 as varied by the orders made on 15 December 2017, 17 May 2018, 30 January 2020, 18 June 2020, and 27 January 2022 (Orders) be amended as follows:
(a)A new order 15 be inserted in the following terms:
“If an Applicant makes an application under order 12(d) to extend the period of operation of these orders, the following procedure applies:
(a)the application must be made at least 28 days prior to the expiry of the operation of the orders by filing a minute of the orders sought together with a solicitor’s certification in accordance with (b) below;
(b)a solicitor on behalf of the Applicant must certify that:
(i)within the 6 weeks prior to the application, the solicitor or another representative of the Applicant has attempted to access each Target Online Location via each Target Domain Name;
(ii)following the exercise in (b)(i) above, the solicitor has a good faith belief that each Target Online Location that is the subject of the application has not permanently ceased to have the primary purpose or effect of infringing or facilitating the infringement of copyright, and that each Target Domain Name, Target URL or Target IP address that is the subject of the application has not permanently ceased to enable or facilitate access to a Target Online Location;
(iii)the Applicant has given the Respondents at least 7 days’ notice of the application;
(c)the accompanying minute of order may specify any Target Domain Names, Target URLs or Target IP addresses that are excluded from the application;
(d)within 7 days of receiving notice of the application, any Respondent objecting to the extension of these orders must notify the Applicant and the Court in writing of the objection and the reasons therefor;
(e)if any Respondent objects in accordance with (d) above, the proceeding will be relisted for directions, unless the Court otherwise orders;
(f)if no Respondent gives notice of any objection, then the Court may make orders in terms of the Applicant’s minute without any further hearing;
(g)the Applicant must serve on the Respondents any such orders made; and
(h)the Applicant must attempt to give each relevant Target Online Location notice of the Orders made by sending an email to one email address identified by such Location as providing a means to contact its operator or administrator (if any is identified), further notifying it that it may seek to vary or set aside such Orders upon the filing of a notice of appearance with the Court and an appropriate application, supported by affidavit evidence.”
(b)The following Domain Names be deleted from Schedule 2 of the Orders, and that schedule be amended in accordance with “Schedule 2” to these orders:
(i)cartoonhd.be;
(ii)watchseries.bypassed.fyi;
(iii)watchseries.bypassed.site;
(iv)watchseries.bypassed.video;
(v)watchseries.bypassed.website;
(vi)watchseries.immunicity.cc;
(vii)watchseries.immunicity.site;
(viii)watchseries.immunicity.stream;
(ix)watchseries.immunicity.video;
(x)watchtvseries.unblocked.li;
(xi)watchseries.unblocked.fyi;
(xii)watchtvseries.unblckd.ws;
(xiii)project-free-tv.im;
(xiv)putlocker9.is;
(xv)1337x.unblocked.li;
(xvi)watchepisodes4.com
(xvii)watchepisodes.com
(xviii)watchepisodes3.com
(xix)thedarewatch.com
(xx)thedaretelly.com; and
(xxi)mydarewatch.com.
2.Orders 2 to 18 of the Orders, as varied by order 1(b) of these orders, shall operate for a further 3 years from the date of these orders.
Note: Entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 39.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011.
Schedule 2
A. YesMovies
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. yesmovies.to 2. yesmovies.org 3. yesmovie.io B. Vumoo
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. vumoo.li C. LosMovies
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. losmovies.cc 2. losmovies.ch 3. losmovies.club 4. losmovies.com 5. losmovies4-cc.unblocked.lol 6. losmovies2-club.unblocked.lol 7. losmovies5-cc.unblocked.lol s 8. losmovies.ac 9. losmovies.me 10. los-movies.com D. CartoonHD
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. [Intentionally left blank] 2. cartoonhd.cc 3. cartoonhd.online 4. cartoonhd.website 5. cartoonhd.global 6. cartoonhd.life 7. cartoonhd.in E. Putlocker
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. putlocker.today F. Watch Series 1
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. mywatchseries.to 2. onwatchseries.to 3. the-watch-series.to 4. thewatchseries.to 5. watch-series-tv.to 6. watchseries.to 7. watchseries.bypassed.cc 8. watchseries.bypassed.date 9. watchseries.bypassed.download 10. [Intentionally left blank] 11. watchseries.bypassed.host 12. watchseries.bypassed.live 13. watchseries.bypassed.me 14. watchseries.bypassed.men 15. watchseries.bypassed.online 16. watchseries.bypassed.org 17. watchseries.bypassed.party 18. watchseries.bypassed.pw 19. watchseries.bypassed.red 20. watchseries.bypassed.run 21. [Intentionally left blank] 22. [Intentionally left blank] 23. [Intentionally left blank] 24. watchseries.bypassed.win 25. [Intentionally left blank] 26. watchseries.immunicity.cab 27. watchseries.immunicity.ltd 28. watchseries.immunicity.men 29. watchseries.immunicity.red 30. [Intentionally left blank] 31. [Intentionally left blank] 32. [Intentionally left blank] 33. watchseries.unblocked.ltd 34. watchseries.unblocked.rocks 35. watchseries.unblocked.run 36. watchseries.unblocked.video 37. watchtvseries.unblockall.xyz 38. watchtvseries.unblocked.cat 39. watchtvseries.unblocked.ist 40. [Intentionally left blank] 41. watchtvseries.unblocked.one 42. watchtvseries.unblocked.red 43. watchtvseries.unblocked.tv 44. watchtvseries.unblocked.uno 45. [Intentionally left blank] 46. watchseries.unblocked.kim 47. watchseries.bypassed.team 48. watchseries.unblocked.team 49. watchseries.bypassed.gold 50. watchseries.immunicity.gold 51. watchseries.unblocked.gold 52. watchtvseries.unblckd.top 53. watchtvseries.unblocked.srl 54. watchseries.bypassed.plus 55. watchseries.bypassed.cab 56. watchseries.immunicity.plus 57. watchseries.immunicity.team 58. watchseries.unblocked.plus 59. [Intentionally left blank] 60. ewatchseries.to 61. itswatchseries.to 62. letswatchseries.ac 63. dwatchseries.to 64. dwatchseries.io 65. thewatchseries.ac G. Watch Series 2
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. onwatchseries.ac 2. mywatchseries.ac 3. mewatchseries.ac 4. mewatchseries.to H. Project Free TV 1
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. project-free-tv.li 2. project-free-tv.ag 3. project-free-tv.ch 4. [Intentionally left blank] 5. projectfreetv.at 6. projectfreetv.cc 7. projectfreetv.ch 8. projectfreetv.im 9. projectfreetv.in 10. projectfreetv.so 11. projectfreetv.bz I. Project Free TV 2
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. projectfreetv.us 2. projectwatchseries.com J. Watch Episodes
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. [intentionally left blank] 2. [intentionally left blank] 3. [intentionally left blank] K. Watch Episode Series
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. watchepisodeseries.com 2. watchepisodes1.com L. Watch TV Series
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. watch-tvseries.me 2. watch-tvseries.net 3. 1.watch-tvseries.net M. The Dare Telly
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. [intentionally left blank] 2. [intentionally left blank] 3. [intentionally left blank] N. Putlocker9.is
Domain Name IP Address URL [Intentionally left blank] O. Putlocker9.to
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. putlocker9.com 2. putlocker9.to 3. putlocker9.co P. Torlock
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. torlock.com Q. 1337x
Domain Name IP Address URL 1. 1337x.to 2. 1337x.immunicity.ltd 3. 1337x.immunicity.men 4. [Intentionally left blank] 5. 1337x.unblocked.pe 6. 1337x.unblocked.tw 7. 1337x.unblocked.run 8. 1337x.immunicity.gold 9. 1337x.unblocked.gold 10. 1337x.unblocked.cam 11. 1337x.immunicity.team 12. 1337x.unblocked.team 13. 1337x.immunicity.plus 14. 1337x.unblocked.srl 15. 1337x.unblocked.plus 16. 1337x.st 17. 1337x.io 18. x1337x.ws REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
BURLEY J:
1. INTRODUCTION
This judgment is given in two proceedings (the Foxtel Case and the Roadshow Case), both concerning the operation of s 115A of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), which makes provision for the grant of injunctive relief restraining access via carriage service providers and online search engines to online locations outside Australia that are engaged in infringing, or facilitating the infringement of, copyright.
In both proceedings, I delivered judgment granting site blocking orders pursuant to s 115A. The first was Foxtel Management Pty Limited v TPG Internet Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 1041; 349 ALR 154 and the second Roadshow Films Pty Limited v Telstra Corporation Limited [2020] FCA 507; 151 IPR 449 (Roadshow No 1). In the Roadshow Case I made an adjustment to the final orders as explained in Roadshow Films Pty Limited v Telstra Corporation Limited (No 2) [2020] FCA 769; 153 IPR 317 (Roadshow No 2).
Section 115A was introduced into the Copyright Act by the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2015 (Cth) (the Amendment Act) with effect from 27 June 2015. Section 115A has since been amended by the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2018 (Cth) (2018 Amendment Act).
The site blocking orders were expressed to run for three years with provision being made for them to be extended upon application by the applicants. The applicants have made such applications and a question arises as to the matters of which the Court should be satisfied before granting an extension.
At my request, Ms J M Beaumont SC and Ms F St John, who appeared respectively for the applicants in the Foxtel Case and the Roadshow Case, prepared a joint written submission identifying the considerations that they submitted ought to be taken into account in granting the extension orders. In recognition of the fact that there was no contradictor to their applications, the submissions identified different approaches that may be taken to the question. I am grateful to them for their assistance.
My research indicates that some 20 decisions have been made under the Act, each granting site blocking orders in respect of identified online locations that, the Court has found, infringe or facilitate the infringement of copyright or has the primary purpose of doing so.
2. THE RELEVANT LEGISLATION
Section 115A in its current form provides as follows:
Application for an injunction
(1) The owner of a copyright may apply to the Federal Court of Australia to grant an injunction that requires a carriage service provider to take such steps as the Court considers reasonable to disable access to an online location outside Australia that:
(a) infringes, or facilitates an infringement, of the copyright; and
(b) has the primary purpose or the primary effect of infringing, or facilitating an infringement, of copyright (whether or not in Australia).
(2) The application under subsection (1) may also request that the injunction require an online search engine provider (other than a provider that is covered by a declaration under subsection (8B)) to take such steps as the Court considers reasonable so as not to provide a search result that refers users to the online location.
Granting the injunction
(2A) The Court may grant the injunction in the terms, and subject to the conditions, that the Court considers appropriate.
Note 1: For the matters that the Court may take into account when determining whether to grant the injunction, see subsection (5).
Note 2:The terms and conditions of the injunction that apply to a carriage service provider under subsection (1) may be different from those that apply to an online search engine provider under subsection (2).
(2B) Without limiting subsection (2A), the injunction may:
(a) require the carriage service provider to take reasonable steps to do either or both of the following:
(i) block domain names, URLs and IP addresses that provide access to the online location and that are specified in the injunction;
(ii) block domain names, URLs and IP addresses that the carriage service provider and the owner of the copyright agree, in writing, have started to provide access to the online location after the injunction is made; and
(b) require the online search engine provider to take reasonable steps to do either or both of the following:
(i) not provide search results that include domain names, URLs and IP addresses that provide access to the online location and that are specified in the injunction;
(ii) not provide search results that include domain names, URLs and IP addresses that the online search engine provider and the owner of the copyright agree, in writing, have started to provide access to the online location after the injunction is made.
Parties
(3) The parties to an action under subsection (1) are:
(a) the owner of the copyright; and
(b) the carriage service provider; and
(ba) if the application under subsection (1) also sought for the injunction to apply against an online search engine provider—the online search engine provider; and
(c) the person who operates the online location if, but only if, that person makes an application to be joined as a party to the proceedings.
Service
(4) The owner of the copyright must notify:
(a) the carriage service provider; and
(aa) if the application under subsection (1) also sought for the injunction to apply against an online search engine provider—the online search engine provider; and
(b) the person who operates the online location;
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 may take the following matters into account:
(a) the flagrancy of the infringement, or the flagrancy of the facilitation of the infringement, as referred to in paragraph (1)(b);
(b) whether the online location makes available or contains directories, indexes or categories of the means to infringe, or facilitate an infringement of, copyright;
(c) whether the owner or operator of the online location demonstrates a disregard for copyright generally;
(d) whether access to the online location has been disabled by orders from any court of another country or territory on the ground of or related to copyright infringement;
(e) whether disabling access to the online location is a proportionate response in the circumstances;
(ea) if the application under subsection (1) also sought for the injunction to apply against an online search engine provider—whether not providing search results that refer users to the online location is a proportionate response in the circumstances;
(f) the impact on any person, or class of persons, likely to be affected by the grant of the injunction;
(g) whether it is in the public interest to disable access to the online location;
(ga) if the application under subsection (1) also sought for the injunction to apply against an online search engine provider—whether it is in the public interest not to provide search results that refer users to the online location;
(h) whether the owner of the copyright complied with subsection (4);
(i) any other remedies available under this Act;
(j) any other matter prescribed by the regulations;
(k) any other relevant matter.
Presumption that the online location is outside Australia
(5A) For the purposes of the proceedings, the online location is presumed to be outside Australia, unless the contrary is established.
Affidavit evidence
(6) For the purposes of the proceedings, section 134A (affidavit evidence) applies as if the reference in paragraph 134A(f) to a particular act included a reference to a class of acts.
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.
(8A) An application under subsection (7) must not request the Court to vary the injunction so that it applies to an online search engine provider that is covered by a declaration under subsection (8B).
Declarations excluding online search engine providers
(8B) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, declare that:
(a) a particular online search engine provider; or
(b) an online search engine provider that is a member of a particular class;
must not be specified in an application under subsection (1) or (7).
Costs
(9) A carriage service provider or, if applicable, an online search engine provider is not liable for any costs in relation to the proceedings unless the provider enters an appearance and takes part in the proceedings.
The purpose of s 115A is primarily to reduce the incidence of online copyright infringement. It was to established to provide an enhanced, streamlined mechanism that enables infringing material hosted by an online target location outside of Australia to be blocked by a carriage service provider, without the need to establish fault on the part of that provider; Second Reading Speech, Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015 (Cth), Minister for Communications (Hansard: House of Representatives, 26 March 2015 at 3592).
Section 115A contemplates that an injunction may be granted for orders requiring a carriage service provider to disable access to an online location outside Australia where it considers it appropriate to do so, having regard to the matters listed in s 115A(5).
The injunction may be granted on such terms that the Court considers appropriate; s 115A(2A), some of which terms are set out in s 115A(2B).
Subsection (2B) contemplates that an order may be varied after it has been granted to block domain names, URLs and IP addresses where the carriage service provider and the copyright owner agree in writing that those domain names, URLs or IP addresses have, since the initial grant of the injunction, “started to provide access to the online location”. This was explained in the second reading speech to the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement Bill) 2018 (18 October 2018) where Paul Fletcher MP relevantly said of these amendments:
Australia’s piracy rate still remains higher than in countries with strong copyright enforcement frameworks, such as the United Kingdom and Canada. There is still a proportion of Australian users who seek out infringing sites, and there are still pathways for them to get to these sites, including blocked sites.
In February this year, the government reviewed the existing scheme to determine whether it was operating effectively. In general, this assessment found that the scheme is working well and that blocking arrangements have been implemented by carriage service providers with minimum disruption. However, there are some clear pressure points...new pathways to the blocked sites appear after the initial blocking, and these new pathways can’t be blocked because they are not part of the original court order. …
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The bill will make clear that the Federal Court has the power to issue responsive and adaptive injunctions, without the need for the copyright owner to go back to the court. This will give the court the power to grant injunctions on terms that allow the copyright owner and carriage service provider, by agreement, to apply the injunction to block other pathways that start to provide access to an infringing site.
Subsection (7) contemplates that the terms of a site blocking injunction may be limited in duration or varied. As I have noted, the Orders in both of the present cases were limited in duration to three years. The applicants submit, and I accept, that this was not as a result of any determination by the Court, but rather as a consequence of negotiations between the copyright owners and the carriage service providers in the first of the cases to consider the operation of s 115A, being Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Ltd [2016] FCA 1503; 248 FCR 178.
3. RELEVANT CONSIDERATIONS IN MAKING ORDERS UNDER S 115A(7)
The Orders made in each of the present cases (as well as, I understand, in other similar cases) provide a mechanism whereby an applicant can apply to extend the duration of the site blocking orders. The question then arises as to the matters that might be relevant to take into consideration in determining whether or not to extend or vary the term of the site blocking orders beyond the initial three years duration. In my view the following points may be made.
First, it will not generally be necessary for the Court to revisit the initial basis for granting the Orders. Section 115A contemplates a distinction between the grant of such orders and their variation; see s 115A(7). Unless the Court has reason to believe that the circumstances warranting the initial grant have changed, there will generally be no reason why the status quo should be altered.
In this regard, I note that the evidence in the present application demonstrates that the process of establishing that target online locations have the primary purpose or primary effect of infringing, or facilitating the infringement of copyright, as required by s 115A(1) is a lengthy and costly exercise. It is antithetical to the legislative purposes of s 115A to require such steps to be repeated.
Secondly, in granting an extension of the Orders, the Court should be satisfied that the applicants or their solicitors have visited each of the Target Online Locations the subject of the application and, based on the results of that access, formed a good faith belief that those locations have not permanently ceased to have the primary purpose or primary effect of infringing or facilitating the infringement of copyright and that each Target Domain Name, Target URL or Target IP address that is the subject of the application has not permanently ceased to enable or facilitate access to the Target Online Location.
This approach aligns with that taken in Roadshow No 1, which explains the basis upon which orders were made to vary existing orders within the three year duration of the initial orders; see at [2], [72]-[80]. The scheme put in place in those orders enabled variations to be made to ensure that, where additional domain names, URLs or IP addresses were used to provide access to the target online location, the applicants may, by their solicitor, provide a certification of the matters to which I have referred to the respondents. The respondents would then have a short period (seven business days in that case) to indicate if they opposed the variation. If those orders are not opposed, and the Court does not require the matter to be relisted, then the respondents must take steps to disable the identified domain names, URLs or IP addresses; see Roadshow No 1 at [79] and Roadshow No 2 at [4]-[7].
In the present application the evidence reveals that a website at several of the Target Domain Names displays a message indicating that the website has become temporarily unavailable. Whilst this may be taken into consideration in the exercise of discretion as to whether to grant the extension, it is apparent that such a website, having earlier been shown to have been the site of infringing activity or facilitating infringing activity but been temporarily inaccessible is still capable of resuming its misconduct. In such circumstances I consider that it is appropriate to grant such orders. In this regard, see, for example, Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Ltd [2016] FCA 1503; 248 FCR 178 at [76] (Nicholas J).
Thirdly, it will not generally be necessary for the applicants to make yet further “reasonable efforts” to notify the operator of the target online location of the application to vary the Orders. Evidence adduced by the applicants in the present application demonstrates that attempting to satisfy this statutory requirement is an expensive exercise, costing in the order of $30,000.
Rather, in my view the applicants should be required only to provide notice of the application by sending the relevant materials to any email address that the target online location indicates may be used to contact its operators. If no such email address is provided, then there is no further obligation on the part of the copyright owner.
In this context, it may be noted that section 115A(3) provides that the person who operates the online location is only a party to the proceedings if that person makes an application to be joined. Section 115A(4) provides that the copyright owner must notify the person who operates the online location of the making of the application for the initial Order, but that the Court may dispense with notice if it is satisfied that the owner, despite reasonable efforts, is unable to determine the identity or address of the person who operates the online location.
In both of the present cases, orders dispensing with notice were made after the receipt of extensive evidence as to the steps taken by the solicitors representing the copyright owners to give notice of the proceedings to the operators of the target online location; Foxtel at [56], [62], [67], [78], [85], [100], [119], [126], [131], [140]; Roadshow 1 at [24], [25]. Other examples of the steps taken to give notice of such proceedings may be seen in Universal Music Australia Pty Limited v TPG Internet Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 435; 348 ALR 493 at [36]-[44] (Burley J) and Roadshow Films Pty Limited v Telstra Corporation Limited [2020] FCA 1468 at [19]-[20] (Rares J).
In all of the cases mentioned above, and indeed from my survey of the decisions made to date, although the target online locations often ostensibly made available addresses for contact with the operators, none provide any substantive responses to the communications sent notifying them of the proceedings. These cases suggest that it is typical for the operators of such sites to take steps to give the illusion that they wish to be contacted and will be responsive to requests for information when indeed the reverse is true.
In this regard, it may be noted that in each case, there is an order permitting owners or operators of any Target Online Location to apply to the Court to vary or discharge the orders. The evidence discloses that no such applications have been made in either of the present proceedings.
Fourthly, if the applicants become aware that any Target URL, Target IP Address or Target Domain Name that is a subject of the blocking order has permanently ceased to enable or facilitate access to any target online location, or any target online location has permanently ceased to have the primary purpose of infringing or facilitating the infringement of copyright, the applicants must notify the carriage service providers so that the block can be lifted.
Finally, given that the Target Online Locations have not permanently ceased their infringing activities after several years of the blocking orders being made, the Court may infer that these are long-term infringing operations and that, by the time of the extension application, some degree of association is likely to have formed in the minds of their users between the name or brand under which the online locations operate (in these cases, names such as ‘Project Free TV’, ‘Torlock’, ‘LosMovies’, ‘unblockproject’ and ‘kickass’) and the infringing content which they provide or to which they facilitate access. This leads to a further inference that the domain names which contain those names or brands (or very similar names) are unlikely to have a legitimate primary purpose but are likely to continue to be associated with the relevant Target Online Locations. This kind of reasoning has been applied in recent site blocking cases in the United Kingdom (albeit in the context of adding new domain names or websites): Columbia Pictures v British Telecommunications [2021] EWHC 2799 (Ch) at [7] (Mrs Justice Falk J) and Columbia Pictures v British Telecommunications [2022] EWHC 2403 (Ch) at [7]-[9] (Mr Justice Meade J).
4. A PROPOSED APPROACH
Having regard to the matters identified in section 3 above, in my view the following order might be made in an initial site blocking application which accommodate a balance between the interests of the copyright owners in seeking such orders, and serve to provide some protection to carriage service providers and the operators of target online locations.
If an Applicant makes an application to extend and/or vary the period of operation of these orders:
(a)the application must be made at least 28 days prior to the expiry of the operation of the orders by filing a minute of the orders sought together with a solicitor’s certification in accordance with (b) below;
(b)a solicitor on behalf of the Applicant must certify that:
(i)within the 6 weeks prior to the application, the solicitor or another representative of the Applicant has attempted to access each Target Online Location via each Target Domain Name;
(ii)following the exercise in (b)(i) above, the solicitor has a good faith belief that each Target Online Location that is the subject of the application has not permanently ceased to have the primary purpose or effect of infringing or facilitating the infringement of copyright, and that each Target Domain Name, Target URL or Target IP address that is the subject of the application has not permanently ceased to enable or facilitate access to a Target Online Location; and
(iii)the Applicant has given the Respondents at least 7 days’ notice of the application;
(c)the accompanying minute of order may specify any Target Domain Names, Target URLs or Target IP addresses that are excluded from the application;
(d)within 7 days of receiving notice of the application, any Respondent objecting to the extension of these orders must notify the Applicant and the Court in writing of the objection and the reasons therefor;
(e)if any Respondent objects in accordance with (d) above, the proceeding will be relisted for directions, unless the Court otherwise orders;
(f)if no Respondent gives notice of any objection, then the Court may make orders in terms of the Applicant’s minute without any further hearing;
(g)the Applicant must serve on the Respondents any such orders made; and
(h)the Applicant must attempt to give each relevant Target Online Location notice of the Orders made by sending an email to one email address identified by such Location as providing a means to contact its operator or administrator (if any is identified), further notifying it that it may seek to vary or set aside such Orders upon the filing of a notice of appearance with the Court and an appropriate application, supported by affidavit evidence.
5. GRANT OF ORDERS IN THE CURRENT APPLICATIONS
In each of the present applications the applicants have provided certification consistent with that which is set out above. I will accordingly make the Orders substantially as sought in the Roadshow and Foxtel Cases.
I certify that the preceding twenty-nine (29) numbered paragraphs are a true copy of the Reasons for Judgment of the Honourable Justice Burley. Associate:
Dated: 29 September 2023
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 LTD (COMPANY REGISTRY NUMBER 0011781)
Tenth Applicant
TVBO PRODUCTION LIMITED (REGISTRATION NO. EC 32284)
Eleventh Applicant
MADMAN ANIME GROUP PTY LIMITED
Twelfth Applicant
TVBI COMPANY LIMITED
Respondents
Fourth Respondent
OPTUS MOBILE PTY LIMITED (ACN 054 365 696)
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
OPTUS MOBILE MIGRATIONS 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 (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
CLUBTELCO 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 (ABN 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)
NSD 1940 of 20197 Respondents
Fourth Respondent
FTTB WHOLESALE PTY LTD ACN 087 533 328
Fifth Respondent
CHARIOT PTY LTD ACN 088 377 860
Sixth Respondent
SOUL PATTINSON TELECOMMUNICATIONS PTY LIMITED ACN 001 726 192
Seventh Respondent
SPT TELECOMMUNICATIONS PTY LIMITED ACN 099 173 770
Eighth Respondent
SPTCOM PTY LIMITED ACN 111 578 897
Ninth Respondent
SOUL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED ACN 085 089 970
Tenth Respondent
PIPE NETWORKS PTY LTD ACN 099 104 122
Eleventh Respondent
INTRAPOWER TERRESTRIAL PTY LTD ACN 081 193 259
Twelfth Respondent
INTERNODE PTY LTD ABN 82 052 008 581
Thirteenth Respondent
TRANSACT CAPITAL COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD ACN 093 966 888
Fourteenth Respondent
TRANSACT VICTORIA COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD ACN 063 024 475
Fifteenth Respondent
WESTNET PTY LTD ACN 086 416 908
Sixteenth Respondent
ADAM INTERNET PTY LIMITED ACN 055 495 853
Seventeenth Respondent
AAPT LIMITED (ACN 052 082 416)
Eighteenth Respondent
REQUEST BROADBAND PTY LTD ACN 091 530 586
Nineteenth Respondent
TELSTRA LIMITED ACN 051 775 556
Twenty Second Respondent
OPTUS MOBILE PTY LIMITED ACN 054 365 696
Twenty Third Respondent
OPTUS NETWORKS PTY LIMITED ACN 008 570 330
Twenty Fourth Respondent
OPTUS ADSL PTY LTD ACN 138 676 356
Twenty Fifth Respondent
OPTUS SATELLITE PTY LTD ACN 091 790 313
Twenty Sixth Respondent
UECOMM OPERATIONS PTY LTD ACN 093 504 100
Twenty Seventh Respondent
VIVIDWIRELESS PTY LIMITED ACN 137 696 461
Twenty Eighth Respondent
OPTUS INTERNET PTY LTD ACN 083 164 532
Twenty Ninth Respondent
VIRGIN MOBILE (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD ACN 092 726 442
Thirtieth Respondent
ALPHAWEST SERVICES PTY LIMITED (ACN 009 196 347)
Thirty First Respondent
OPTUS WHOLESALE PTY LIMITED (ACN 092 227 551)
Thirty Second Respondent
M2 WHOLESALE PTY LTD ABN 99 119 220 843
Thirty Third Respondent
M2 WHOLESALE SERVICES PTY LTD ACN 119 220 843
Thirty Fourth Respondent
M2 COMMANDER PTY LTD ACN 136 950 082
Thirty Fifth Respondent
PRIMUS NETWORK (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD ACN 109 142 216
Thirty Sixth Respondent
PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD ACN 071 191 396
Thirty Seventh Respondent
PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD ACN 061 754 943
Thirty Eighth Respondent
DODO SERVICES PTY LTD ACN 158 289 331
Thirty Ninth Respondent
ENGIN PTY LTD ACN 080 250 371
Fortieth Respondent
EFTEL CORPORATE PTY LTD ACN 154 634 054
Forty First Respondent
EFTEL RETAIL PTY LTD ACN 092 667 126
Forty Second Respondent
EFTEL WHOLESALE PTY LTD ACN 123 409 058
Forty Third Respondent
CLUBTELCO PTY LTD ACN 144 488 620
Forty Fourth Respondent
WHOLESALE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP PTY LTD ACN 109 626 011
Forty Fifth Respondent
2TALK PTY LTD ACN 161 656 499
Forty Sixth Respondent
VOCUS PTY LTD ACN 127 842 853
Forty Seventh Respondent
AMCOM TP TEL PTY LTD ACN 065 092 962
Forty Eighth Respondent
AMNET BROADBAND PTY LTD ACN 092 472 350
Forty Ninth Respondent
NEXTGEN NETWORKS PTY LTD ACN 094 147 403
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