Roadshow Films Pty Limited v Telstra Limited (No 2) [2026] FCA 1319

Federal Court of Australia

File number(s):	NSD 803 of 2020

Judgment of:	CHEESEMAN J

Date of judgment:	4 September 2026

Catchwords:	COPYRIGHT – application to extend operation of site blocking orders under s 115A of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) – notice identifying new IP addresses providing access to existing Target Online Locations – operation of variation procedure under existing orders – where no respondent objected – whether five-year extension appropriate. Held: orders made.

Legislation:	Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 115A

Cases cited:	Roadshow Films Pty Limited v Telstra Corporation Limited [2020] FCA 1468 Universal City Studios Productions LLLP v Telstra Limited (No 2) [2026] FCA 983

Division:	General Division

Registry:	New South Wales

National Practice Area:	Intellectual Property

Sub-area:	Copyright and Industrial Designs

Number of paragraphs:	19

Date of last submission/s:	28 August 2026

Date of hearing:	Determined on the papers

Solicitor for the Applicants:	Baker McKenzie

ORDERS

		NSD 803 of 2020

BETWEEN:	ROADSHOW FILMS PTY LIMITED (ACN 100 746 870) First Applicant VILLAGE ROADSHOW FILMS (BVI) LTD Second Applicant DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. (and others named in the Schedule) Third Applicant
AND:	TELSTRA LIMITED (ACN 086 174 781) First Respondent PACNET SERVICES (A) PTY. LTD. (ACN 056 783 852) Second Respondent OPTUS MOBILE PTY LIMITED (ACN 054 365 696) (and others named in the Schedule) Third Respondent

order made by:	CHEESEMAN J
DATE OF ORDER:	4 September 2026

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. The Court’s orders made on 28 September 2020 (as amended by the Court’s orders made on 21 July 2021, 27 July 2023, 26 September 2023, 23 October 2023, 17 October 2024 and 14 October 2025) (the Orders), be extended for five years from 29 September 2026.

2. Schedule A to the Orders is further replaced with Annexure A to these orders.

3. There be no order as to costs.

Note: Entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 39.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011.

Annexure A

No.	Target Online Location	Target Domain Name	Target URL	Target IP Addresses
1.	0goMovies	0gomovies.org	https://ww1.0gomovies.org/	104.21.49.240
				172.67.195.214
2.		2gomovies.net	https://2gomovies.net/	72.251.7.23
				72.251.7.22
3.		0gomovies.ac	http://0gomovies.ac	85.92.108.146
4.		0gomovies.to	http://0gomovies.to	172.241.213.98
				172.241.213.97
5.	123anime	123anime.cc	https://123anime.cc	104.21.31.71
6.		123animes.mobi	https://123animes.mobi	172.236.114.191
				172.238.172.46
				172.234.26.134
7.	123putlocker	123putlocker.is	https://123putlocker.is/	172.67.139.141
				104.27.180.42
				104.27.181.42
8.	1337x.am	1337x.am	https://1337x.am	104.18.51.138
				104.18.50.138
				172.67.191.57
9.	1377x.to	1337xto.to	https://www.1337xx.to	104.21.53.30
				172.67.208.78
10.		1377x.is	https://www.1377x.is/	104.21.4.53
				172.67.153.230
11.		1377x.to	https://www.1377x.to/	104.21.13.219
				172.67.133.75
12.	14tv	14tv.com	http://www.14tv.com/	104.21.69.186
				172.67.212.47
13.	4anime	4anime.to	https://4anime.to	172.234.27.37
				172.234.27.71
				172.239.193.161
14.	91mjw	91mjw.com	https://91mjw.com	54.243.117.197
				13.223.25.84
15.	Anime Simple	animesimple.com	https://animesimple.com	13.223.25.85
				54.243.117.197
16.	Anime4You	anime4you.one	https://www.anime4you.one/	104.247.81.99
17.	Animeflix	Animeflix.io	https://ww547.animeflix.io	192.157.56.139
				64.31.3.237
18.	AniMixPlay	animixplay.com	https://animixplay.com/	13.223.25.84
				54.243.117.197
19.	azm	azm.to	https://azm.to	104.21.94.203
				172.67.139.189
20.	Bestdrama	bestdrama.net	https://www.bestdrama.net/	172.234.27.37
				172.234.27.71
				172.239.193.161
21.	Bs	bs.to	https://bs.to	190.115.31.20
22.	Darkanime Stream	darkanime.stream	https://ww80.darkanime.stream	64.31.3.236
				172.241.213.97
23.		app.darkanime.stream	https://app.darkanime.stream	192.157.56.141
				64.31.3.236
24.	Dramanice	dramanice.movie	https://www6.dramanice.movie/	72.251.7.23
				72.251.7.22
25.		dramanice.la	https://dramanice.la	104.26.15.126
				172.67.75.110
				104.26.14.126
26.		dramanice.site	https://www1.dramanice.site/	172.234.24.152
				172.234.24.173
				172.234.218.95
27.	europixhd	europixhd.pro	https://europixhd.pro/	172.241.213.97
28.		europixhd.net	http://europixhd.net	104.21.80.174
				172.67.152.164
29.	Fshare TV	fsharetv.co	https://fsharetv.co/	104.21.10.158
				172.67.131.140
30.	halimthemes	123moviesoknow.com	https://ww1.123moviesoknow.com/	172.237.146.18
				172.237.146.46
				172.237.146.39
31.		all123movies.com	http://all123movies.com	172.237.146.18
				172.237.146.39
				172.237.146.46
32.		ww2.123moviesoknow.com	https://ww2.123moviesoknow.com/	172.237.146.18
				172.237.146.39
				172.237.146.46
33.	Hktvdrama	hktvdrama.com	https://www.hktvdrama.com/	172.239.194.103
				172.239.193.153
				172.236.108.16
34.	iyingshi6	iyingshi6.tv	http://www.iyingshi6.tv/	104.21.88.80
				172.67.174.77
35.	Kissasian	kissasian.nz	http://kissasian.nz	104.247.81.99
36.		kissasian.ac	http://ww80.kissasian.ac	192.157.56.142
37.	Kissasian	kissasian.ch	http://kissasian.ch	104.24.122.242
				104.24.123.242
38.		kissasian.li	https://kissasian.li	157.90.33.73
				157.90.33.74
39.	limetorrents2020	limetorrents.to	https://www.limetorrents.to	104.21.41.167
				172.67.191.186
40.	Loldytt	loldytt.com	https://www.loldytt.com/	172.237.146.39
				172.237.146.18
				172.237.146.46
41.	Movie INDOXXI	movieindoxxi.me	http://movieindoxxi.me/	104.24.117.169
				104.24.116.169
42.	movies123	movies123.ag	http://movies123.ag/	104.24.121.85
				104.24.120.85
43.		movies123.sc	http://movies123.sc/	104.24.107.34
				104.24.106.34
44.	movies123.email	movies123.email	https://movies123.email	37.48.72.213
45.	movies123.pics	movies123.pics	https://movies123.pics/	172.67.134.24
				104.21.5.253
46.	movies123.work	movies123.work	https://www.movies123.work/	104.21.14.98
				172.67.158.156
47.	mybinoo	imybinoo.org	https://www12.imybinoo.org/	172.237.146.18
				172.237.146.46
				172.237.146.39
48.		myflixer.to	https://myflixer.to/	34.235.250.63
49.	newasiantv	newasiantv.tv	https://www.newasiantv.tv/	208.115.249.238
50.	Noxx	noxx.to	https://noxx.to/	104.21.59.224
				172.67.184.153
51.		noxx.is	https://noxx.is	104.21.15.185
				172.67.163.196
52.	pirateproxy	pirateproxy.wtf	https://ww80.pirateproxy.wtf/	172.241.213.99
53.	Project Free TV	projectfreetv.fun	https://projectfreetv.fun/	172.234.24.152
				172.234.24.173
				172.234.218.95
54.	putlockers.bz	putlockers.bz	https://putlockers.bz	172.234.26.134
				172.236.114.191
				172.238.172.46
55.	putlockers.date	putlockers.date	https://putlockers.date	104.27.187.230
				104.27.186.230
56.	putlocker	putlockers.vg	https://putlockers.vg	172.67.185.108
				104.21.59.234
57.	rezka	rezka.ag	https://rezka.ag	179.43.189.162
58.	S	s.to	https://s.to/	186.2.163.237
59.	sockshare.ag	sockshare.ag	http://sockshare.ag/	104.24.105.57
				104.24.104.57
				172.67.211.9
60.	tamilrockers.ws	tamilrockers.com	http://tamilrockers.com	172.239.193.161
				172.234.27.37
				172.234.27.71
61.		tamilrockers.ws	https://tamilrockers.ws	104.247.81.99
62.	Tinyzone	tinyzone.tv	https://tinyzone.tv/	172.234.218.95
				172.234.24.152
				172.234.24.173
63.		tinyzonetv.to	https://tinyzonetv.to/	37.48.77.81
64.		Tinyzone.org	https://ww3.tinyzone.org	104.21.37.223
				172.67.213.235
65.	torrentgalaxy	torrentgalaxy.to	https://torrentgalaxy.to	185.100.87.40
66.		torrentgalaxy.mx	https://torrentgalaxy.mx	104.21.74.101
				172.67.201.198
67.	tvhay	tvhay.org	http://tvhay.org	172.67.210.75
				104.21.45.52
68.	Unblockit	unblockit.ch	https://unblockit.ch	172.234.26.134
				172.236.114.191
				172.238.172.46
69.		unblockit.ws	https://unblockit.ws/	104.247.81.99
70.		unblockit.kim	https://unblockit.kim/	157.90.33.74
				157.90.33.73
71.		Unblockit.asia	https://unblockit.asia	103.224.182.244
72.		unblockit.boo	https://unblockit.boo	104.21.14.108
				172.67.158.167
73.		unblockit.bio	https://unblockit.bio	172.234.26.134
				172.238.172.46
				172.236.114.191
74.		unblockit.pet	http://unblockit.pet	172.234.26.134
				172.236.114.191
				172.238.172.46
75.		unblockit.bet	https://unblockit.bet	172.234.26.134
				172.236.114.191
				172.238.172.46
76.		unblockit.blue	http://unblockit.blue	172.234.218.95
				172.234.24.152
				172.234.24.173
77.		unblockit.page	http://unblockit.page	172.234.24.211
				172.239.193.71
				172.239.57.117
78.		unblockit.red	http://ww80.unblockit.red	212.92.104.115
				64.31.3.234
79.		unblockit.link	http://unblockit.link	172.64.134.3
				172.64.135.3
80.	watchonlinemovies	moviesonline.com.pk	http://www.moviesonline.com.pk/	104.26.4.107
				104.26.5.107
81.		watchmovies7.com.pk	https://www.watchmovies7.com.pk/	172.67.74.19
				104.26.7.67
				104.26.6.67
82.	watchseriesHD	watch-serieshd.cc	https://watch-serieshd.cc/	72.251.7.23
				72.251.7.22
83.	world4ufree	world4ufree.top	https://world4ufree.top/	157.90.33.74
				157.90.33.73
84.		world4ufree.host	http://world4ufree.host	104.18.33.107
				104.18.32.107
85.		world4ufree.icu	https://world4ufree.icu	104.27.153.161
				104.27.152.161
86.		world4ufree.work	https://world4ufree.work	104.27.179.119
				104.27.178.119
87.		world4ufree.blue	http://world4ufree.blue	104.27.154.87
				104.27.155.87
88.		world4ufree.life	http://world4ufree.life	104.31.71.55
				104.31.70.55
89.	x1337x.eu	x1337x.eu	https://x1337x.eu/	104.21.72.83
				172.67.177.140
90.		1337x.tw	https://1337x.tw	172.67.188.157
				104.21.92.70
91.	yifytorrent.pro	yifytorrent.pro	https://yifytorrent.pro/	185.130.45.106
92.	watchseries.net	watchseries.net	https://www.watchseries.net/	78.109.24.4
93.	mlcboard	mlcboard.com	https://mlcboard.com	45.141.119.90
				195.137.245.201
				94.183.191.218
94.	limetorrents2020	limetorrents.lol	https://www.limetorrents.lol	104.21.19.143
				172.67.186.124
95.	1377x.to	13377x.tw	https://13377x.tw	104.21.2.92
				172.67.129.9

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

CHEESEMAN J:

INTRODUCTION

1 The applicants seek an order extending, for five years, the operation of site blocking orders made on 28 September 2020, as subsequently amended on 21 July 2021, 27 July 2023, 26 September 2023, 23 October 2023, 17 October 2024, and 14 October 2025. The existing orders were made in this proceeding under s 115A of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and are due to expire on 29 September 2026: Roadshow Films Pty Limited v Telstra Corporation Limited [2020] FCA 1468 (Rares J).

2 The applicants have also given a notice under Order 13 of the existing orders identifying new IP addresses through which certain Target Online Locations already subject to the injunction may be accessed. No respondent objected to the notice or to the extension application. The extension application may therefore be determined on the papers. For the reasons that follow, I am satisfied that the Order 13 procedure has operated in relation to the notified IP addresses and that it is appropriate to extend the operation of the site blocking orders for five years.

BACKGROUND

3 The applicants comprise the owners, or in one case the exclusive licensee in Australia, of copyright in cinematograph films and related audiovisual works. The respondents are carriage service providers within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth).

4 On 28 September 2020, Rares J made orders requiring the respondents to take reasonable steps to disable access to identified online locations outside Australia that infringed, or facilitated the infringement of, the applicants’ copyright and had the primary purpose or primary effect of doing so.

5 The orders included procedures by which the applicants could notify the respondents and the Court of different domain names, IP addresses or URLs providing access to the same Target Online Locations. They were initially to operate for three years and included a procedure for seeking an extension.

6 The present application was made in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the current orders for seeking an extension of their period of operation.

7 On 28 August 2026, the applicants filed a proposed minute of order and a certification by their solicitor, Andrew Gavin Stewart, in support of the application. Mr Stewart certified that the applicants had given the respondents at least seven days’ notice of the application. The applicants’ correspondence also records that the notice included their intention to seek a five-year, rather than a three-year, extension.

8 Mr Stewart certified that, within six weeks before the application, a representative of the applicants attempted to access each Target Online Location via each Target Domain Name. He further certified his good faith belief that each Target Online Location the subject of the application has not permanently ceased to have the primary purpose or effect of infringing, or facilitating the infringement of, copyright. He also certified that each Target Domain Name, Target URL or Target IP Address the subject of the application has not permanently ceased to enable or facilitate access to a Target Online Location.

9 On 18 August 2026, the applicants filed and served a Variation Notice under Order 13 identifying new IP addresses from which existing Target Online Locations could be accessed. The notice recorded that the applicants had accessed the websites at those addresses, compared them with the corresponding Target Online Locations and observed that they were the same websites as those available through the domain names and URLs already subject to the orders. Mr Stewart certified the applicants’ good faith belief that the identified IP addresses were new access locations for the corresponding Target Online Locations. No respondent objected within the prescribed period. The Court did not require the proceeding to be relisted and, on 28 August 2026, the applicants notified the respondents accordingly.

CONSIDERATION

10 The statutory basis and purpose of the original orders were considered in detail by Rares J in the principal judgment. His Honour was satisfied that the target sites infringed or facilitated the infringement of copyright and had the primary purpose or primary effect of doing so. His Honour also concluded that the infringements were flagrant, that disabling access was a proportionate response and that it was in the public interest to make the orders.

11 The principal question on the extension application is whether the continued operation of the injunction remains justified in relation to the Target Online Locations and access means identified in the solicitor’s certification. It is also necessary to address the operation of the separate procedure invoked by the Variation Notice.

12 The certification establishes, in the manner contemplated by the existing orders, that the relevant locations and access means have not permanently ceased to serve the infringing purpose or effect on which the original relief was based.

13 The Variation Notice was given under a separate procedure in Order 13 of the existing orders. That procedure permits the applicants to notify the respondents and the Court that a different domain name, IP address or URL provides access to a Target Online Location already subject to the injunction. As no respondent objected and the Court did not require the proceeding to be relisted, the respondents became obliged under Order 13 to take the steps prescribed by Order 1 to disable access through the notified IP addresses. No further order was required. The procedure did not add any new Target Online Location; it applied the existing blocking obligation to additional means of accessing locations already subject to the injunction. The notified IP addresses are reflected in the replacement schedule proposed for the extended period.

14 There is otherwise no material before the Court suggesting that continued blocking of the locations identified in the certification would be unnecessary or disproportionate.

15 I am satisfied that extending the orders in respect of the identified locations is consistent with the purpose of s 115A and with the basis on which the original orders were made. The existing orders contain safeguards permitting the lifting of blocking where an access means permanently ceases to enable access to a Target Online Location or permanently ceases to have the requisite primary purpose or effect. They also preserve the ability of an affected owner or operator, and of the parties, to apply to vary or discharge the orders.

16 The applicants seek a five-year extension. In Universal City Studios Productions LLLP v Telstra Limited (No 2) [2026] FCA 983, Burley J accepted that a five-year duration was appropriate. His Honour referred to evidence that rights holders typically incur about $30,000 in preparing the materials necessary to justify an extension and observed that extensions continued to be granted, on the materials supplied, years after the original orders because the relevant locations remained engaged in facilitating infringement. His Honour concluded that a five-year period accommodated the policy and purposes of s 115A: at [13], [20]. That reasoning is applicable to the present application.

17 Requiring a further renewal application after three years would impose additional cost and burden where the present material supports the continued operation of the orders. A five-year extension remains subject to the mechanisms for lifting obsolete blocks and to the ability of affected persons and the parties to seek variation or discharge. Those safeguards reduce the risk that the longer period will maintain blocking after its justification has ceased. I am satisfied that five years is an appropriate period in the present circumstances.

CONCLUSION

18 The applicants have complied with the separate procedures prescribed by the existing orders notifying new access means for existing Target Online Locations and for seeking an extension of the period during which the orders are to operate. The material supports the continued operation of the site blocking regime in relation to the Target Online Locations and access means identified in the solicitor’s certification. No respondent has objected. I will therefore extend the existing orders for five years and replace Schedule A with the updated schedule.

19 There will be no order as to costs.

I certify that the preceding nineteen (19) numbered paragraphs are a true copy of the Reasons for Judgment of the Honourable Justice Cheeseman.

Associate:

Dated: 4 September 2026

SCHEDULE OF PARTIES

	NSD 803 of 2020
Applicants
Fourth Applicant:	PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION
Fifth Applicant:	COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC.
Sixth Applicant:	UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC.
Seventh Applicant:	WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Eighth Applicant:	NETFLIX STUDIOS, LLC
Ninth Applicant:	TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED (COMPANY REGISTRY NUMBER 0011781)
Tenth Applicant:	TVBI COMPANY LIMITED (COMPANY REGISTRY NUMBER 09918600)
Eleventh Applicant:	MADMAN ANIME GROUP PTY LTD
Respondents
Fourth Respondent:	OPTUS NETWORKS PTY LIMITED ACN 008 570 330
Fifth Respondent:	OPTUS ADSL PTY LIMITED (ACN 138 676 356)
Sixth Respondent:	OPTUS SATELLITE PTY LIMITED (ACN 091 790 313)
Seventh Respondent:	UECOMM OPERATIONS PTY LIMITED (ACN 093 504 100)
Eighth Respondent:	OPTUS INTERNET PTY LIMITED (ACN 083 164 532)
Tenth Respondent:	OPTUS WHOLESALE PTY LIMITED (ACN 092 227 551)
Eleventh Respondent:	M2 WHOLESALE PTY LTD (ABN 99 119 220 843)
Twelfth Respondent:	M2 WHOLESALE SERVICES PTY LTD (ACN 071 659 348)
Thirteenth Respondent:	M2 COMMANDER PTY LTD (ACN 136 950 082)
Fourteenth Respondent:	PRIMUS NETWORK (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD (ACN 109 142 216)
Fifteenth Respondent:	PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD (ACN 071 191 396)
Sixteenth Respondent:	PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD (ACN 061 754 943)
Seventeenth Respondent:	DODO SERVICES PTY LTD (ACN 158 289 331)
Eighteenth Respondent:	ENGIN PTY LTD (ACN 080 250 371)
Nineteenth Respondent:	EFTEL CORPORATE PTY LTD (ACN 154 634 054)
Twentieth Respondent:	EFTEL RETAIL PTY LTD (ACN 092 667 126)
Twenty First Respondent:	EFTEL WHOLESALE PTY LTD (ACN 123 409 058)
Twenty Second Respondent:	CLUBTELCO PTY LTD (ACN 144 488 620)
Twenty Third Respondent:	WHOLESALE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP PTY LTD (ACN 109 626 011)
Twenty Fourth Respondent:	2TALK PTY LTD (ACN 161 656 499)
Twenty Fifth Respondent:	VOCUS PTY LTD (ACN 127 842 853)
Twenty Sixth Respondent:	AMCOM IP TEL PTY LTD (ACN 065 092 962)
Twenty Seventh Respondent:	AMNET BROADBAND PTY LTD (ACN 092 472 350)
Twenty Eighth Respondent:	NEXTGEN NETWORKS PTY LTD (ACN 094 147 403)
Twenty Ninth Respondent:	TPG INTERNET PTY LTD (ACN 068 383 737)
Thirtieth Respondent:	TPG NETWORK PTY LTD (ACN 003 064 328)
Thirty First Respondent:	FTTB WHOLESALE PTY LTD (ACN 087 533 328)
Thirty Second Respondent:	CHARIOT PTY LTD (ACN 088 377 860)
Thirty Third Respondent:	SOUL PATTINSON TELECOMMUNICATIONS PTY LIMITED (ACN 001 726 192)
Thirty Fourth Respondent:	SPT TELECOMMUNICATIONS PTY LIMITED (ACN 099 173 770)
Thirty Fifth Respondent:	SPTCOM PTY LIMITED (ACN 111 578 897)
Thirty Sixth Respondent:	SOUL COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD (ACN 085 089 970)
Thirty Seventh Respondent:	PIPE NETWORKS PTY LIMITED (ACN 099 104 122)
Thirty Eighth Respondent:	INTRAPOWER TERRESTRIAL PTY LTD (ACN 081 193 259)
Thirty Ninth Respondent:	IINET LIMITED (ACN 068 628 937)
Fortieth Respondent:	INTERNODE PTY LTD (ABN 82 052 008 581)
Forty First Respondent:	TRANSACT CAPITAL COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD (ACN 093 966 888)
Forty Second Respondent:	TRANSACT VICTORIA COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD (ACN 063 024 475)
Forty Third Respondent:	WESTNET PTY LTD (ACN 086 416 908)
Forty Fourth Respondent:	ADAM INTERNET PTY LTD (ACN 055 495 853)
Forty Fifth Respondent:	AAPT LIMITED (ACN 052 082 416)
Forty Sixth Respondent:	REQUEST BROADBAND PTY LTD (ACN 091 530 586)
Forty Seventh Respondent:	TPG TELECOM LIMITED (ACN 096 304 620)
Forty Eighth Respondent:	VODAFONE NETWORK PTY LIMITED (ACN 081 918 461)
Forty Ninth Respondent:	VODAFONE PTY LIMITED (ACN 062 954 554)

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