The Australian ISP industry’s Copyright Notice Scheme Code of Conduct, providing a ‘three strikes’ system for notification of online copyright infringements, has been submitted to the government regulator.

The Code of Conduct submitted by the Communications Alliance was a revision of an earlier draft providing a Copyright Notice Scheme. The main changes made in the final version of the Code, in response to public submissions, were:

• removal of the $25 fee to be paid by internet users to obtain an independent review of an infringement notice; and
• strengthened consumer representation on the Copyright Information Panel, a body that will oversee the operation of the notice scheme.

The Code of Conduct is now being considered by the government regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).