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Thread ID: 120244 2011-08-31 09:50:00 Copyright Letters Twelvevolts (5457) PC World Chat
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1227748 2011-08-31 20:42:00 cyborgs.wikia.com ay_in_NZ

Nervous read.
rob_on_guitar (4196)
1227749 2011-08-31 21:16:00 Yeah it's not all that bad. It's pretty retarded but oh well. Chilling_Silence (9)
1227750 2011-08-31 21:20:00 Let's hope so or my cat is about to become the owner of a broadband account with Paradise.

Maybe they just want your cat to pay the account :horrified
PaulD (232)
1227751 2011-08-31 22:17:00 I think the copyright holder has to contact the ISP and advise them who is doing it.

The ISP's certainly wont want to stop people downloading as that is how they make their money.
Digby (677)
1227752 2011-08-31 22:21:00 Come on, don't keep me in suspense. I am waiting for the next segment.
Maybe you have won their lucky customer of the month award.
Marnie (4574)
1227753 2011-08-31 22:36:00 Man up and call them 12volts ... It's rude to keep people waiting ... :D SP8's (9836)
1227754 2011-08-31 22:40:00 Yeah it's not all that bad. It's pretty retarded but oh well.

If the link I posted has any element of truth behind it in this case (and I think it does) then the situation is a lot worse than just 'pretty retarded'
Agent_24 (57)
1227755 2011-08-31 22:49:00 Still can't believe people are worried about this new law.

Firstly, you get two warnings before they can do anything. And those warnings expire in 9 months anyway.

Secondly, if you haven't been doing any torrenting then what the hell are you worrying about?

I've already said it, but I'm not going to change my "downloading" habits until I have two warnings from my isp. And even then, there are plenty of ways around it anyway.

I personally just don't think they're going to enforce it very well. IIRC it costs the ISP something like $20 or $30 to lodge a warning (correct me if I'm wrong here) and even though they can't at the moment (they're gonna review it in 6 months); what ISP would want to disconnect a customer from using their service for doing something that really does not effect them at all.
--Wolf-- (128)
1227756 2011-08-31 22:56:00 It's going to be interesting to see how this develops in a test case ... there seems to be a lot of holes in the legislation that the legal profession could use to their advantage.

Wonder whether 12volts can get legal aid ???
SP8's (9836)
1227757 2011-08-31 22:57:00 Still can't believe people are worried about this new law.

Firstly, you get two warnings before they can do anything. And those warnings expire in 9 months anyway.

Secondly, if you haven't been doing any torrenting then what the hell are you worrying about?

I've already said it, but I'm not going to change my "downloading" habits until I have two warnings from my isp. And even then, there are plenty of ways around it anyway.

I personally just don't think they're going to enforce it very well. IIRC it costs the ISP something like $20 or $30 to lodge a warning (correct me if I'm wrong here) and even though they can't at the moment (they're gonna review it in 6 months); what ISP would want to disconnect a customer from using their service for doing something that really does not effect them at all.

It is the copyright holder that makes the complaint and pays the fee to the ISP
All the ISP does is pass the warning notice to the account holder
The legislation does not allow for the customer to be disconnected only a possible $15000 fine if it goes to the tribunal.
Safari (3993)
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