Laws that will force Australian internet service providers to block websites hosting pirated content will soon be introduced into parliament.

The Copyright (Online Infringement) Bill 2015, given the green-light by the Coalition's joint party room on Tuesday, will, if passed, enable rights holders to seek a court order requiring Australian internet service providers to block websites hosting unauthorised copies of their movies, music or TV shows.

The case was the first under the new copyright legislation passed in 2015.

The legislation has not yet been made public and it is not know when this will occur.

A spokesman for Attorney-General George Brandis said the government would introduce the bill "soon", but did not say when.

The site-blocking bill is part of the government's response to tackling online piracy announced last December.

The second part of the government's response saw it issue an ultimatum to ISPs to reach an agreement with film and music companies within four months on an industry code to tackle online piracy. If ISPs and rights holders cannot reach an agreement by April, then the government will create a binding code for them.

Last month a draft anti-piracy code was released for public comment by the ISPs which will see them forward "infringement' notices from rights holders to customers caught allegedly infringing copyright. The code would also require ISPs to hand alleged pirates' details over to rights holders, potentially without a court fight, which is likely to open the floodgates to a number of people being sued for copyright infringement in the Federal Court for thousands of dollars.