The released copyright treaty may change the way internet providers of Australia deal with pirates.

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) draft has finally given fears of exposure to legal action in the web industry.

Australia, the European Union, and the United States have been active in the completion of the draft, which could possibly form an origin of a global intellectual property treaty moving the way internet providers conduct business.

The draft embarks greater responsibilities on the part of mediators to impart copyright protection for all sorts of intellectual property.

According to ABC News, the chief executive of Internet Industry Association, Peter Coroneos, stated that it is another step towards defining actionable copyright defences. He says the agreement could possibly subject internet providers to legal action.

He added, "The worst case scenario is that it could impose effectively an unmanageable legal risk on intermediaries, so that by virtue of the fact they're making services available, their users may be doing the wrong thing [and that] puts them in a position where they're not able to contain their own liability."

Mr. Coroneos also claims that the treaty is vitally pushing governments to reinforce existing laws to hold mediators themselves legally responsible.