Telstra has supported Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s call for rights holders to sue customers who have ignored warning notices and have continued to download copyright-infringing TV shows or films, with rights holders bearing the cost.

Last month CEO David Thodey said he had a “very strong view” that copyright infringement was “theft”, but any scheme to deter customers downloading infringing TV shows and films needed to be ubiquitous and fair.

While the ISPs have said they would prefer a notice scheme where users alleged to have infringed receive a number of notices before their details are handed over to rights holders to sue — a system favoured by Turnbull, too — the film studios view this as an overly burdensome and costly system for them, and would prefer other deterrence measures, including throttling internet speeds of repeat infringers.

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