[LINK] After delay, Kiwis to get kinder, gentler "3 strikes" policy

[Jan Whitaker]

At 09:11 AM 17/12/2009, Roger Clarke wrote:
>To its credit, the government pulled its proposal, took more than
>half a year to work on it, and has revised the process. Under the new
>rules, rightsholders can now notify ISPs about alleged infringement,
>and ISPs will forward those notices to subscribers (called
>notice-and-notice). After three such letters, rightsholders can
>choose to go to a special Copyright Tribunal to seek a fine or go to
>court to seek a disconnection of up to six months.

Gee, this is the second situation where the Kiwis are coming out 
looking smarter [eventually] that us Aussies. The other one has to do 
with net filters. I wonder what's in their politicians' water that 
ours could start to drink?

Maybe iinet should relocate their headquarters to NZ. How is that 
lawsuit going, btw?

Jan



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