SYDNEY: An Australian court Tuesday ordered six internet service providers to release the details of customers who shared the Hollywood film “Dallas Buyers Club” online in a ruling that could set a precedent for crackdowns on online piracy.

The Federal Court of Australia said the internet service providers (ISPs), the most prominent being iiNet—which has almost a million broad-band customers—had to hand over the names and physical addresses of the customers associated with 4,726 internet protocol (IP) addresses.

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