article_snippet: Under the new Copyright Notice Scheme Industry Code, anyone with an internet connection could potentially face legal threats from Hollywood studios for illegally downloading movies, TV shows, and music.
article_snippet: Under the proposed code, a three-strikes system would be introduced for illegal downloads.
article_snippet: Customers suspected of illegally downloading content will be sent a series of notices from Customers suspected of illegally downloading content ISP's - a warning, an 'education' notice, and a final notice.
article_snippet: The breaches will be identified through technology which tracks activity on internet protocol addresses, and a notice will then be sent to the account holder to advise the account holder of the suspected infringement.
article_snippet: If offenders receive a a third warning, Internet Service Providers will be allowed to provide the customers details - a move that would allow the account holder to target the user directly.
article_snippet: the new Copyright Notice Scheme Industry Code means that anyone with an internet connection could be under threat from legal action.
article_snippet: Often consumers share with flatmates, partners, or family, which means that even those who don't download illegally could be taken to court,' Choice campaign manager Erin Turner told Daily Mail Australia.
article_snippet: we trying to ensure privacy and that personal details are protected, that any allegation (of copyright infringement) will be independently reviewed, that customers don’t face sanctions,' John Stanton from the Communication Alliance  told news.com.au.
article_snippet: The discovery process means that ISP's would be obligated to aid 'rights holders'-
article_snippet: such a Hollywood studios- to locate and take legal action against those suspected of illegally downloading content.
article_snippet: The ISP's- including Telstra, Optus, and iiNet- are obligated after the final warning to co-operate when rights holders wish to locate the consumer suspected of illegally downloading content.
article_snippet: Choice has been vocal about providing consumers with a greater range of legal options to download the content consumers are seeking so that consumers don't resort to illegal content. '
article_snippet: The code indicates that rights holders need to be working towards initiatives which 'include continuing efforts of Rights Holders to ensure timely and ready availability to Australian consumers of lawful content alternatives.'
highlights_snippet: Last month a new proposal to reduce online piracy were announced .
  