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• Rights groups and tech giants form alliance to fight encryption bill

  Strength in numbers or getting 'in bed with the evil empire'?

• Taking Aussies to court over film piracy: Deterrent or money-making machine?

  A new anti-piracy group has surfaced and is looking to take individuals to court over copyright infringement of downloaded film content

• Global software piracy rates drop by 1 per cent: report

  But the commercial value of counterfeit software worldwide skyrocketed to $59 billion, according to the BSA’s annual piracy study

• Stamping out piracy levels the playing field: AFACT

  The anti-piracy group has hit back at the EFA’s criticism of its copyright infringement study as judgement day looms in iiNet v AFACT court case

• EFA slams AFACT piracy study as 'unproductive

  Internet advocacy group said anti-piracy group should concentrate on improving movie distribution methods rather than use scare tactics

• Advocacy groups: Don't tax online shopping yet

  Retail and online user groups argue for more information before any change to GST