SYDNEY: An Australian court ordered six Internet service providers to release the details of customers who shared the Hollywood film Dallas Buyers Club online in a ruling that could set a precedent for crackdowns on online piracy.
The Federal Court of Australia said the Internet service providers (ISPs), the most prominent being iiNet – which has almost a million broadband customers – had to hand over the names and physical addresses of the customers associated with 4,726 Internet protocol (IP) addresses.
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