Village Roadshow is preparing to sue Australian pirates

Graham Burke, the co-chief of movie company Village Roadshow, is not going to go easy on pirates.

In an interview on SBS's The Feed Tuesday, Burke said the company was preparing to sue people caught illegally downloading its film and television content.

When Australia's new copyright infringement code comes into effect, those identified as pirating could find their details being handed over to content owners like Village Roadshow.

Released in February, the new code is an industry-led "three strikes" regime, also known as the Copyright Notice Scheme, which was created at the request of the Australian government Read more...