Australian Screen Association

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The Australian Screen Association (ASA) (formerly known as Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft) is an anti-piracy lobby group that was established in 2004. Its aim is to protect the film and television industry and retailers from what it claims are adverse impacts of copyright infringement in Australia. The Australian Screen Association is affiliated with the United Kingdom organisation, Federation Against Copyright Theft and the United States organisation MPAA.

ASA actively works to reduce camcorder recording of films screened in cinemas. It is also dedicated to educating people about its own view of copyright infringement.

In mid-2011, the Pirate Party Australia accused AFACT of intimidating ISPs after they threatened unspecified actions if they didn't engage with the organisation in talks on file-sharing.{{Cite news |url=http://www.zdnet.com.au/afact-strong-arming-isps-pirate-party-339318464.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717180438/http://www.zdnet.com.au/afact-strong-arming-isps-pirate-party-339318464.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2011 |title=AFACT strong-arming ISPs: Pirate Party |author=Renai LeMay |accessdate=14 January 2012 |date=13 July 2011 |work=ZDNet Australia |publisher=CBS Interactive}}

A leaked diplomatic cable revealed that AFACT was acting as the MPAA's Australian subcontractor and that the MPAA wanted to avoid the view that the court case was about Hollywood trying to bully an Australian ISP.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/31/afact_subcontractor_to_mpaa/ |title=Wikileaked cable: AFACT was MPAA’s cat’s-paw |author=Richard Chirgwin |accessdate=14 January 2012 |date=31 August 2011 |work=The Register}}