1st Strikes Issued Under New Zealand Anti-Piracy Laws

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 1, 2011 @04:07PM from the lousy-umps dept.

Master Moose writes "New Zealand's largest ISPs confirmed yesterday that they had received their first notices under the government's new copyright regime, which came into effect on September 1. All the notices received so far appear to be from the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Telecom, for example, received 42 notices — 35 for alleged download of songs by R&B star Rihanna, six for Lady Gaga tunes and one for British recording artist Taio Cruz. Curiously, it was the music industry, rather than the movie industry, that fired the first shot. It was believed the Motion Picture Association was keen to go after copyright infringers."

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Re:Notice by Luckyo · 2011-11-01 21:41 · Score: 4, Insightful

Well, as far as we know, Tank Man is likely dead as he's unlikely to have survived captivity after causing Chinese leadership to lose face, while the government that killed him is considered a superpower. It has grown quite a bit more powerful.
A lesson some naive people clearly haven't learned.