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Marc Fennell, host of Radio National’s Download This Show, said the Game of Thrones example showed the industry was not addressing why people are pirating content.
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“[Corporations] do a few trophy cases just to rattle the cage so to speak, but basically they don’t, unless they can identify you as a really big downloader of illegal content,” Mr Phair said.
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In February this year, Senator Brandis said the Government was considering asking internet providers to warn customers who download illegally or to block file sharing websites.