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News corp calls for piracy crackdown in australia this article is more than 5 years old. Jul 28, 2014 in response to the high rate of piracy, the australian government started to look at ways to crackdown on infringement of music, films and television shows downloaded from the internet. Mar 10, 2015 aussie piracy crackdown fuels shift to vpns. Jul 22, 2015 the rate of piracy in australia is disappointingly high, far exceeding that in the united kingdom, which makes you wonder why piracy is more acceptable in our culture, mr maiden said. You dont need to be some kind of technical wizard to beat australia s piracy. The great gatsby, australias most successful film at the local box office last year, is now centre stage after its haul of aacta awards and an oscar nomination, brandis said. May 05, 2014 is the piracy crackdown doomed to fail. Aussie piracy crackdown fuels shift to vpns macrobusiness.
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