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Australians could pay more for drugs and medicines, movies, computer games and software, and be placed under surveillance as part of a usled crackdown on internet piracy, according to details of secret trade negotiations exposed by wikileaks. Content accessibility key to stopping piracy, australians say. Nov 29, 2011 internet providers unveil piracy crackdown plan. Australians will find it harder to illegally download free movies and music as part of the governments war on online piracy, which is being hailed as gamechanging. The loophole that lets you get away with online piracy. Australian government reveals plan to crackdown on online piracy but not too hard. It was very difficult and they gave up although they were unwilling to. An australian court on friday, august 18, ordered internet providers to block more than 40 piracy websites after a successful case by leading. Rupert murdochs news corporation has called for a toughening of laws in australia to force internet service providers to crack down on piracy and theft. The federal government will target search engines as it expands a crackdown on internet piracy, making it harder for australians to illegally download free movies and music.
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