According to news today, a Judge in Sydney’s Federal court as ruled that a preliminary discovery should be granted to the rights holder.

This means:

iiNet will have to hand over the names and home addresses of almost 5000 of its customers to a third party that may attempt to sue them for copyright infringement, after the ISP lost its legal stoush with the owners of the film Dallas Buyers Club today.

Get ready for what this means for the future of all you pirates,