File-sharing lawsuits – no evidence required

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

It may not be the file sharing or copyright infringement capital of the globe, but New Zealand is still taking the issue seriously by introducing a new law to stop people downloading movies and albums and robbing artists of honestly earned cash.

Except that the new law is such a ridiculous piece of legislation that we can’t quite believe it’s going to come into force. Section 92 of the Copyright Amendment Act will be introduced at the end of February 2009, and says that any individual who is even alleged to have shared files illegally can be disconnected from the internet.

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