Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2015A00080:clause:1_115a:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2015A00080
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 115A (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 938–3717

115A  Injunctions against carriage service providers providing access to online locations outside Australia
 (1) The Federal Court of Australia may, on application by the owner of a copyright, grant an injunction referred to in subsection (2) if the Court is satisfied that:
 (a) a carriage service provider provides access to an online location outside Australia; and
 (b) the online location infringes, or facilitates an infringement of, the copyright; and
 (c) the primary purpose of the online location is to infringe, or to facilitate the infringement of, copyright (whether or not in Australia).
 (2) The injunction is to require the carriage service provider to take reasonable steps to disable access to the online location.

Parties
 (3) The parties to an action under subsection (1) are:
 (a) the owner of the copyright; and
 (b) the carriage service provider; and
 (c) the person who operates the online location if, but only if, that person makes an application to be joined as a party to the proceedings.

Service
 (4) The owner of the copyright must notify:
 (a) the carriage service provider; and
 (b) the person who operates the online location;
of the making of an application under subsection (1), but the Court may dispense, on such terms as it sees fit, with the notice required to be sent under paragraph (b) if the Court is satisfied that the owner of the copyright is unable, despite reasonable efforts, to determine the identity or address of the person who operates the online location, or to send notices to that person.

Matters to be taken into account
 (5) In determining whether to grant the injunction, the Court may take the following matters into account:
 (a) the flagrancy of the infringement, or the flagrancy of the facilitation of the infringement, as referred to in paragraph (1)(c);
 (b) whether the online location makes available or contains directories, indexes or categories of the means to infringe, or facilitate an infringement of, copyright;
 (c) whether the owner or operator of the online location demonstrates a disregard for copyright generally;
 (d) whether access to the online location has been disabled by orders from any court of another country or territory on the ground of or related to copyright infringement;
 (e) whether disabling access to the online location is a proportionate response in the circumstances;
 (f) the impact on any person, or class of persons, likely to be affected by the grant of the injunction;
 (g) whether it is in the public interest to disable access to the online location;
 (h) whether the owner of the copyright complied with subsection (4);
 (i) any other remedies available under this Act;
 (j) any other matter prescribed by the regulations;
 (k) any other relevant matter.

Affidavit