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NZ File-Sharers, Remixers Guilty Upon Accusation

Posted by kdawson on from the how-laws-are-made dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Next month, New Zealand is scheduled to implement Section 92 of the Copyright Amendment Act. The controversial act provides 'Guilt Upon Accusation,' which means that if a file-sharer is simply accused of copyright infringement he/she will be punished with summary Internet disconnection. Unlike most laws, this one has no appeal process and no punishment for false accusation, because they were removed after public consultation. The ISPs are up in arms and now artists are taking a stand for fair copyright."

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  1. Re:Incredible by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Start a business claiming to be an ISP in New Zealand.

    2. Don't bother with renting an office, acquiring network infrastructure, etc. (All you need is a P.O. box and a bank account.)

    3. Accuse each customer of copyright infringement and issue disconnect notice as soon as he/she pays the signup fee.

    4. (No "??????" required.)

    5. Profit!

  2. Re:I accuse by DeadPixels · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was New Zealand on the Internet with the Candlestick!

  3. Re:flippant American answer by Grimbleton · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who's John King?

  4. Re:The solution is easy by Racemaniac · · Score: 5, Funny

    but how are you going to sign it...

    if you have no internet?

    mr anderson?