Key Points:
We now know the shape of the orders compelling ISPs to
turn over details of customers whose IP addresses were used to
download the film Dallas Buyers Club.
Following on from his decision that the Federal Court can order
ISPs to turn over IP addresses, Justice Perram made a number of
orders outstanding from the first instance hearing on 6 May (Dallas
Buyers Club LLC v iiNet Limited (No 3) [2015] FCA 422).
Most importantly, he ordered that the ISPs, which include iiNet
and Dodo Services (Respondents) provide Dallas
Buyers Club and Voltage Pictures (described as the
Prospective Applicants), with a verified list of
each of the IP addresses nominated for each of them, together with
the name and residential address of the account holder associated
with that IP address. The Prospective Applicants cannot disclose
that information to third parties and can only use it in order to
recover compensation for infringement, including:
