ABOUT
AFACT
The
Australian
Federation
Against
Copyright
Theft
was
established
in
2004
to
protect
the
film
and
television
industry,
retailers
and
movie
fans
from
the
adverse
impact
of
copyright
theft
in
Australia.
AFACT
works
closely
with
industry,
government
and
law
enforcement
authorities
to
achieve
its
aims.
AFACT
acts
on
behalf
of
the
50,000
Australians
directly
impacted
by
copyright
theft
including
independent
cinemas,
video
rental
stores
and
film
and
television
producers
across
the
country.
AFACT
has
its
own
free
anti-piracy
hotline:
1800
251
996.
AFACT
members
include:
Village
Roadshow
Limited;
Motion
Picture
Association:
Walt
Disney
Studios
Motion
Pictures
Australia;
Paramount
Pictures
Australia;
ReelTime
Media,
Sony
Pictures
Releasing
International
Corporation;
Twentieth
Century
Fox
International
Corporation;
Universal
International
Films,
Inc.;
and
Warner
Bros.
Pictures
International,
a
division
of
Warner
Bros.
Pictures
Inc.
For
more
information
on
AFACTs
members
you
can
visit:
INFORMATION
ON
INFRINGING
VIDEO
AND
OPTICAL
DISC
PRODUCT
Clear
copyright
warning
notices
are
displayed
on
their
promotional
covers
on
the
labels
themselves
and
at
the
commencement
of
the
film.
The
member
companies
of
AFACT
and
their
local
distributors
insist
upon
high
standards
of
quality
in
reproduction
of
their
films
onto
the
formats.
These
high
standards
are
reflected
in
the
packaging
and
labelling
and
the
clarity
of
the
reproduction
of
the
film
and
sound.
From
time
to
time,
infringing
copies
of
members'
and
local
distributors'
films
on
the
various
formats
have
appeared
on
the
market.
Often
at
first
sight
these
appear
to
be
genuine,
but
a
careful
examination
will
often
show
the
following
discrepancies:
- Printing
on
the
label
of
the
unauthorised
format
may
be
blurred
and
the
colours
are
often
not
correct.
- The
small
printing
on
the
promotional
covers
may
be
blurred
and
the
colours
are
often
not
correct.
- The
labels
and
covers
may
be
colour
or
black
&
white
photocopies
rather
than
original
printed
copies.
- The
printing
on
the
promotional
covers
may
have
spelling
mistakes.
- The
name
of
the
film
may
be
handwritten
on
the
optical
disc
or
video
itself.
- The
optical
disc
may
be
in
either
a
CD-R
or
DVD-R
format.
- There
may
be
an
absence
of
Office
of
Film
&
Literature
Classification
(OFLC)
labels
on
the
promotional
covers
and
on
the
video/optical
disc.
- There
may
be
an
absence
of
a
studios
trade
mark
on
the
promotional
covers
and
on
the
video/optical
disc
itself.
- The
quality
of
the
sound
and
image
of
the
film
is
of
a
poor
standard.
- The
sale
price
is
lower
than
would
normally
be
expected
for
the
genuine
product.
COPYRIGHT
ACT
1968
We
wish
to
draw
to
your
attention,
the
following
provisions
of
the
Copyright
Act,
1968.
Section
86
-
provides,
amongst
other
things,
that
to
make
a
copy
of
the
film
is
the
exclusive
right
of
the
copyright
owner.
Section
101
-
provides
that
it
is
an
infringement
of
the
copyright
to
do
or
authorise
the
doing
of
any
act
comprised
in
the
copyright
without
the
licence
of
the
owner.
Section
102
-
provides,
in
summary
that
copyright
is
infringed
by
a
person
who
without
the
licence
of
the
owner
of
the
copyright,
imports
a
cinematograph
film
into
Australia
for
the
purpose
of
selling
it
or
dealing
with
it
by
any
of
the
methods
specified
in
the
section,
where
to
his/her
knowledge
the
making
of
the
film
would,
if
the
film
had
been
made
in
Australia
by
the
importer,
have
constituted
an
infringement
of
copyright.
Section
103
-
provides
inter
alia,
that
it
is
an
infringement
of
copyright
to
sell,
offer
for
sale
hire
or
offer
for
hire,
infringing
copies
of
cinematograph
films.
Further,
a
video
cassette,
video
laser
disc,
video
compact
discs
and/or
digital
versatile
discs
imported
without
the
licence
of
the
owners
of
the
copyright
is
an
infringing
copy
for
the
purpose
of
the
Act.
Section
115
-
this
section
provides
that
the
copyright
owner
may
bring
an
action
for
infringement
of
copyright
and
the
Courts
may
grant
an
injunction
and
either
damages,
or
an
account
of
profits.
Additional
damages
may
be
awarded
having
regard
inter
alia
to
the
flagrancy
of
the
infringement.
Section
116
-
subject
to
this
Act,
the
owner
of
the
copyright
in
a
work
or
other
subject
matter
is
entitled
in
respect
of
any
infringing
copy,
or
of
any
plate
used
or
intended
to
be
used
for
making
infringing
copies,
to
the
rights
and
remedies,
by
way
of
an
action
for
conversion
or
detention,
to
which
he/she
would
be
entitled
if
he/she
were
the
owner
of
the
copy
or
plate
and
had
been
the
owner
of
the
copy
or
plate
since
the
time
when
it
was
made.
Pursuant
to
this
Section,
the
owners
of
the
copyright
are
deemed
to
be
the
owners
of
the
infringing
copies
of
the
film
and
are
given
the
remedy
of
delivery
up
of
the
infringing
copies.
Criminal
Offences
Section
132
-
It
is
an
offence
for
a
person
to
sell
or
hire
or
offer
for
sale
or
hire,
infringing
(pirate)
copies
of
films,
in
any
format,
or
to
have
in
his/her
possession
for
the
purpose
of
sale
or
hire
a
film
in
any
format.
Offenders
may
be
liable
to
a
maximum
fine
of
$60,500
for
each
offence
and/or
five
years
imprisonment.
TRADE
MARKS
ACT
1995
We
wish
to
advise
you
that
the
offering
for
sale
or
hire
of
unauthorised
copies
of
films
in
any
format,
whose
licence
belongs
to
members,
may
be
conduct
which
infringes
the
trade
marks
of
the
members
or
their
licensees
and/or
which
passes
off
the
product
as
authorised
copies
when
they
are
not.
Section
148
–
it
is
an
offence
for
a
person
to
sell/expose
for
sale/
or
have
in
their
possession
for
the
purpose
of
sale
or
manufacture,
video
or
optical
disc
products;
knowing
that
or
reckless
of
whether
or
not:
- a
falsified
registered
trade
mark
is
applied
to
them
or
in
relation
to
them;
or
- a
registered
trade
mark
is
falsely
applied
to
them
or
in
relation
to
them.
Section
149
-
sets
out
the
penalties
for
contravention
of
Section
148.
Offenders
may
be
liable
to
a
maximum
fine
of
$55,000
for
each
offence
and/or
2
years
imprisonment.
CLASSIFICATION
ENFORCEMENT
ACT
Each
State
has
its
own
Classification
Enforcement
Act
but
in
general
terms
it
is
an
offence
to
sell
a
film
unless
the
determined
markings
relevant
to
the
classification
of
the
film
are
displayed
on
the
container,
wrapping
or
casing
of
the
film.
It
is
also
an
offence
to
sell
or
publicly
exhibit
an
unclassified
film,
and
may
be
an
offence
in
your
state
to
sell
or
publicly
exhibit
a
film
classified
RC
or
X.
In
addition
a
person
must
not
sell
a
classified
film
unless
the
film
is
sold
in
the
form,
without
alteration
or
addition,
in
which
it
is
classified.
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