Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Ludlam. I am advised that carriage service providers were part of an extensive consultation process on an online copyright discussion paper concluding in September 2014 with key stakeholders. The discussion paper included a proposal to introduce an injunction power to block access to foreign based infringing websites. Many CSPs submitted detailed comments on the proposal and, as a result of that process, the provision was drafted to take into account those comments. I would also mention that any court must first find that the primary purpose of the online location is to infringe or to facilitate infringement of copyright and that a court can further consider a number of other relevant factors, including the interests of any person likely to be affected, such as the CSP, in consideration of its deliberations.