What it means for us. As a provider of fixed line internet, we have to send notifications to the account holder when a Rights Owner informs us of an alleged infringement of copyright. Remember that if you are the account holder, you are responsible for any copyright infringement via your internet account, regardless of who actually downloaded the material. You Tube, streaming movies and music.
You can still watch content via YouTube. Streaming music or a movie direct from a website may be impacted by the law, depending on the website. Websites may host legitimate content agreed by Rights Owners and charge either a one off fee per download or a subscription fee. However, much of the content that is shared on file sharing networks is music, film, television, books or software that is protected by the Copyright Act Challenge an infringement notice.
Statement of compliance Section T of the Copyright Act requires Vodafone New Zealand Limited to retain specified types of information for specified lengths of time.
That section also requires Vodafone to protect the confidentiality of its account holders' names and contact details by not releasing those details to a rights owner unless authorised by the account holder, or required by a Court or Tribunal.
In accordance with section T 4 of the Copyright Act, Vodafone New Zealand Limited is pleased to report that it has fully complied with its obligations under section T during the period from 1 October to 30 September More specifically, Vodafone New Zealand Limited has:.
Please note that we do not support Internet Explorer. Under the Act copyright owners notify fixed-line ISPs the Act does not apply to mobile networks until that they believe an internet subscriber is infringing their copyright through peer-to-peer filesharing, the ISPs in turn send warning notices to the relevant subscribers, and after three such warnings the copyright owner may take their case to the Copyright Tribunal.
The Act has extended the jurisdiction of the Copyright Tribunal for this purpose and the stated aim of the Act is to provide a "fast track, low cost process" to deal with allegations of copyright infringement through peer-to-peer filesharing.
When the Bill was originally introduced to parliament it provided that a District Court could order the disconnection of internet subscribers for up to six months in certain circumstances. This provision has been amended and the new section PA provides that internet subscribers can not be disconnected until an Order in Council is made by the Governor General on the recommendation of the Justice Minister.
It is anticipated that disconnection of internet subscribers will be considered in , as part of the five year review of the amendments to the Copyright Act made in A rapporteur for the UN argued that "three strikes" laws that deprive alleged copyright infringers of Internet access violate human rights.
The statement was signed by 40 other nations, including the United States and Canada. The United Kingdom and France, two nations that have enacted "three strikes" regimes, did not sign the statement. They argued that existing civil and criminal provisions copyright infringement are ineffective. Girish Mahajan Editor Im a travel junky who loves to gain knowledge coz u know knowledge is power.
Please note: We do not proactively monitor what you download using your Slingshot Internet connection. The new law does not change this, but it does require us to send 'notices' on behalf of the owners of copyrighted material. If you have any questions or concerns about the new law you can contact the Ministry of Economic Development by clicking here.
If you have any questions about the availability of copyright material in New Zealand you can contact the Copyright council by clicking here. Finally, if you or others using your Internet connection do not use it to download copyright infringing material then you have nothing to worry about.
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