Dallas Buyers Club 720p (Banned In Auz)

Matthew McConaughey stars in DALLAS BUYERS CLUB as real-life Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof, whose free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live. These were the early days of the AIDS epidemic, and the U.S. was divided over how to combat the virus. Ron, now shunned and ostracized by many of his old friends, and bereft of government-approved effective medicines, decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, the entrepreneurial Woodroof joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts - who he once would have shunned - and established a hugely successful "buyers' club." Their shared struggle for dignity and acceptance is a uniquely American story of the transformative power of resilience.

Nearly 5,000 Australians are expected to receive letters in the near future asking them some pointed questions about their online downloading habits, specifically relating to the film Dallas Buyers Club.

So what could happen in Australia? Dallas Buyers Club LLC is targeting nearly five times as many potential copyright violators here than in the US.

Michael Wickstrom, the Vice President of Royalties at Dallas Buyers Club‘s parent company, Voltage Pictures, has said that “we are working with our Australian attorneys to come up to an Australian solution to an Australian problem. What works in the US may not work […] in Australia. But we are developing a system that becomes a deterrent”. What that will be is yet to been seen.

The first point that needs to be made in regards to the Dallas Buyers Club case in Australia, is that the Federal Court will review all letters prior to them being sent. This will minimise the possibility of harsh speculative invoicing, which was one of iiNet’s reservations.

According to the reports and expert views, Dallas Buyers Club LLC will likely ask for lower amounts from Australians than in the US. Mark Vincent, an IP Lawyer, argues that what we are likely to see is “order damages” for the cost of legally obtaining the film – which would be about A$20.