BraaiGuy: But static IP's will make the lives of the copyright owners a little easier as its easier for them to see which particular IP address keeps reoffending, opposed to a repeat infringer whos IP address that is changed every few days.

sbiddle:

BraaiGuy: But static IP's will make the lives of the copyright owners a little easier as its easier for them to see which particular IP address keeps reoffending, opposed to a repeat infringer whos IP address that is changed every few days.

But IP addresses *aren't* changed every few days, this is the point that everybody who keeps recycling misinformation seems to keep forgetting. A number of major ISP's in NZ are now using sticky IP's for DSL services and have been for the last year or so. You won't get a new IP address when you power cycle your modem like you used to.

hamish225: Well you all voted john key in, this is your fault :P

Infrasound: Hello, I just have a few quick questions regarding this:  
 
Is anyone going to attempt to offer legal assistance to this person in order to create a "test case" in New Zealand court out of this?  
 
I thought the first person to receive a 3rd strike would have been offered some legal help, I remember someone saying they would, perhaps even the "TUANZ" (Telecommunications Users Association Of New Zealand) would like to challenge this, they were opposed to this law weren't they? Does New Zealand have any local group like the "Electronic Frontier Foundation" willing to offer aid?
 
I think its important we (the users) attempt to make a test case out of this and make it go to court, as once its in front of a judge, the judge himself will be able to see how crap this law is.  
 
Perhaps even arguing the whole "guilty upon accusation" angle would go a long way - isn't the burden of proof always on the accuser, and isn't that enshrined in some ancient English law that one could invoke before the court in order to simply get it thrown out?
 
We can't just bend over and take this special interest private industry crap can we?

hamish225: Well you all voted john key in, this is your fault :P

expression: Meh, I don't see why we need a test case, just fine the person who couldn't read the three emails/letters they got telling them to stop.

freitasm:

hamish225: Well you all voted john key in, this is your fault :P

Labour is the one who introduced the law, with a delayed start, which fell under National after Labour was voted out. National actually introduced the payment required, otherwise under Labour design the copyright owners would be firing thousands of accusations without having to pay anything.