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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Australian Screen Association</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data note">2004</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">NGO</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Purpose</th><td class="infobox-data">Copyright protection lobbying</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Region served </div></th><td class="infobox-data">Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Federation_Against_Copyright_Theft" title="Federation Against Copyright Theft">Federation Against Copyright Theft</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.screenassociation.com.au/">www<wbr>.screenassociation<wbr>.com<wbr>.au</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>The <b>Australian Screen Association</b> (ASA) (formerly known as <b>Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft</b>) is an <a href="Copy_protection#Anti-piracy" title="Copy protection">anti-piracy</a> lobby group that was established in 2004. Its aim is to protect the film and television industry and retailers from what it claims are adverse impacts of <a href="Copyright_infringement" title="Copyright infringement">copyright infringement</a> in Australia. The Australian Screen Association is affiliated with the United Kingdom organisation, <a href="Federation_Against_Copyright_Theft" title="Federation Against Copyright Theft">Federation Against Copyright Theft</a> and the United States organisation <a href="MPAA" class="mw-redirect" title="MPAA">MPAA</a>.
</p><p>ASA actively works to reduce <a href="Camcorder" title="Camcorder">camcorder</a> recording of films screened in cinemas. It is also dedicated to educating people about its own view of copyright infringement.
</p><p>In mid-2011, the <a href="Pirate_Party_Australia" title="Pirate Party Australia">Pirate Party Australia</a> accused AFACT of intimidating ISPs after they threatened unspecified actions if they didn't engage with the organisation in talks on <a href="File-sharing" class="mw-redirect" title="File-sharing">file-sharing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-asaisps_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asaisps-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>A <a href="United_States_diplomatic_cables_leak" title="United States diplomatic cables leak">leaked diplomatic cable</a> revealed that AFACT was acting as the <a href="MPAA" class="mw-redirect" title="MPAA">MPAA</a>'s Australian subcontractor and that the MPAA wanted to avoid the view that the court case was about Hollywood trying to bully an Australian ISP.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members">Members</h2></div>
<p>The organisation comprises <a href="Walt_Disney_Studios_Home_Entertainment" title="Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment">Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment</a>, <a href="20th_Century_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Fox">20th Century Fox</a>, <a href="Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a>, <a href="Roadshow_Entertainment" title="Roadshow Entertainment">Roadshow Entertainment</a>, <a href="Sony_Pictures" title="Sony Pictures">Sony Pictures</a>, <a href="Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a>, <a href="Warner_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Brothers">Warner Brothers</a> and the <a href="MPAA" class="mw-redirect" title="MPAA">MPAA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aboutus_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aboutus-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Roadshow_Films_v_iiNet" class="mw-redirect" title="Roadshow Films v iiNet">Roadshow Films v iiNet</a></div>
<p>The organisation brought <a href="Roadshow_Films_v_iiNet" class="mw-redirect" title="Roadshow Films v iiNet">a lawsuit</a> to the <a href="Federal_Court_of_Australia" title="Federal Court of Australia">Federal Court of Australia</a> against Australian internet service provider, <a href="IiNet" title="IiNet">iiNet</a>, on 20 November 2008, alleging that iiNet had authorised copyright infringement on its network. AFACT had used Dtecnet, a company that tracks online copyright infringement to discover users sharing copyrighted content through <a href="BitTorrent_(protocol)" class="mw-redirect" title="BitTorrent (protocol)">BitTorrent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rthc_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rthc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The Federal Court decision cleared iiNet on 4 February 2010. Justice Cowdroy found that "mere provision of access to internet is not the means to infringement".
</p><p>AFACT lost <a href="AFACT_v_iiNet_Ltd" class="mw-redirect" title="AFACT v iiNet Ltd">its appeal</a> to the Federal Court on 24 February 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-ivala_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ivala-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was ordered to pay iiNet's legal bills.
</p><p>AFACT lost a further appeal to the <a href="High_Court_of_Australia" title="High Court of Australia">High Court of Australia</a> on 20 April 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-hcapp_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hcapp-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="Internet_in_Australia" title="Internet in Australia">Internet in Australia</a></li>
<li><a href="Legal_aspects_of_file_sharing" title="Legal aspects of file sharing">Legal aspects of file sharing</a></li>
<li><a href="Trade_group_efforts_against_file_sharing" title="Trade group efforts against file sharing">Trade group efforts against file sharing</a></li></ul>
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