Movie giant Village Roadshow says it has filed a case in the Federal Court to have a movie-related piracy website blocked in Australia.

It is the first time Australia's website blocking laws have been used since they were signed into law in June last year.

It is expected that pay TV company Foxtel will also launch its own case later today, targeting notorious piracy website The Pirate Bay.

Key points: Village Roadshow has filed a case in the Federal Court to have SolarMovie.ph blocked in Australia

Village Roadshow has filed a case in the Federal Court to have SolarMovie.ph blocked in Australia It is the first time Australia's website blocking laws have been used

It is the first time Australia's website blocking laws have been used Foxtel is expected to launch its own case later today, targeting The Pirate Bay

Foxtel is expected to launch its own case later today, targeting The Pirate Bay Rights holders are likely to want to block access to DNS blocking

The site Village Roadshow and its backers are seeking to block is SolarMovie.ph.

"Initially we're addressing SolarMovie because they're a particularly vicious bunch of thieves," said Graham Burke, the co-chief executive of Village Roadshow.

"They're making illicit millions with their disgusting advertising.

"I mean, if your kids go to that website they're encouraged to gamble with no age limit; there's sexual ads there."

The court action has been anticipated by internet providers, rights holders and legal experts since the laws came into effect in June last year.

It is understood that the rights holders and four or five of the country's largest ISPs have been in discussions over the last few months about the website blocking process.

The meetings were to smooth over any issues or disagreements before the case got to court.

Draft orders have been composed by the rights holders to be submitted as part of the court action.

The draft orders, which have not been seen by the ABC, require Federal Court approval before they are valid.

The draft orders also lay out the technical measures that ISPs would implement to stop Australians from accessing the list of piracy related websites.

Rights holders to use DNS blocking techniques

The ABC has been told that DNS blocking and "cache poisoning" is likely to be technical measure that rights holders want used to block access.

DNS stands for Domain Name System, and is a technology that powers the web by turning a human readable domain names (for example abc.net.au) into an IP address (203.2.218.214).

That allows traffic to be routed across internet links, and allows the user to see the website they want.

DNS blocking stops the server from turning the domain name into an IP address, meaning a user cannot access the website.

It is also one of the most cost-effective ways ISPs can implement blocks.

DNS blocking is the preferred method of the Communications Alliance, which represents many of Australia's internet providers.

In its submission to the Senate inquiry on site blocking, the Communications Alliance said it was the also the simplest way of blocking access.

"Blocking a web site at the level of the Domain Name System (DNS) is typically the simplest and least costly method to achieve the objectives of the Bill," the submission reads.

But the Communications Alliance also pointed out problems with the process.

"This method does, however, also carry the greatest risk of unintentional blocking of other websites and/or IP addresses that reside under the same domain name.

"In most instances it will also be impossible for wholesale providers to 'flow-down' to their wholesale customers the blocked access to a specific website, as those downstream providers will be using a different domain name.

"To further complicate matters, large corporate customers and Government customers also often use their own DNS."

The ABC has been told that the implementation of the DNS blocking method is preferred by some rights holders because it is the process currently used to block access to INTERPOL's so-called "worst of" list of child sexual abuse images.