UNSW Has Collected an Estimated $100,000 In Piracy Fines Since 2008

Jagungal (36053) writes The SMH reports that The University of NSW says it has issued 238 fines — estimated to total around $100,000 - to students illicitly downloading copyright infringing material such as movies and TV shows on its Wi-Fi network since 2008. The main issues are that the University is not returning any money to the copyright holders but is instead using the money raised for campus facilities and that it is essentially enforcing a commonwealth law.

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does the university retain a magistrate?

[ihtoit]

Or hold Court under authority of the Crown, with a sworn Judge and a panel of jurors? Because if it doesn't then they have no legal authority to issue fines. In England this would be covered under Fraud Act 2006 sections 2, 4, 6 and 7 (that's 4 separate INDICTABLE criminal charges with a concurrent maximum sentence of ten years).

Boom, motherfuckers.