Hmm reading through this thread, and others like it has got me thinking about ways to avoid detection (not that i would use it)
Not sure if it would be wise for me to post here since it is a public forum, but if you think about it there are a few ways to get around the tracking of IP addresses (and i am not meaning VPNs)
jaymz: I can see this causing issues for businesses who have poor workstation management. Program restriction group policies are going to be very handy in the future (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457006.aspx)
Employees will just be subject to random drug testing and download screening... 'You're being dismissed for having the companies internet connection being flagged for cancellation, check your employment contract. And no using the computer on the way out the door!!!'
Can someone out there please tell me exactly what is copyrighted and what is not? I have read the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill, but only that so far as I cannot seem to find "Part 6 of the Copyright Act 1994" which it amends.
In an email sent out to their membership list the RWR people point out that,
?A new law passed by government which has been nicknamed the skynet law. Can work in our advantage. It?s been written to our advantage that anyone accused is guilty before being convicted.?
The email goes on to say,
?All you have to do is find any foreigner with internet and download a copyrighted item or torrent protocol.?
Their plan seems to be to download copyrighted content ? from a company called Resistance Records ?from someone else?s connection and then claim that their copyright has been infringed.
But I feel John Keys is too popular with his smile and wave to not get a 2nd term, he's likely to win unless he does something like kill a puppy on live tv. Without old popular Johnny, National would loose the next election.
I am still looking for an answer to my question. Not all this gobblygook you have posted. Also I am not in Australia so have no interest in their Labor party. I am only wanting to know the New Zealand laws.
owainjmorris: I am still looking for an answer to my question. Not all this gobblygook you have posted. Also I am not in Australia so have no interest in their Labor party. I am only wanting to know the New Zealand laws.
Chill dude.
It covers pretty much every type of content (i.e. TV shows, movies, music etc...). Unless the content explicitly has a Creative Commons license attached to it, then you can probably consider it to be copyrighted material.
Also, I don't know why you were referring to Australia. NZ has a Labour party too.
owainjmorris: I am still looking for an answer to my question. Not all this gobblygook you have posted. Also I am not in Australia so have no interest in their Labor party. I am only wanting to know the New Zealand laws.
The most honest, possibly only honest, response is: we don't know.
We won't know until a test case gets appealed all the way to the Supreme Court and there is a precedent in case law for New Zealand.
Until then all you are going to get is best guess opinions based on the agenda of the person giving the opinion. Everybody in this debate has an opinion and everybody will tell you they are just trying to tell you that is how it is.
At root much of these laws, or how actually how these laws will work, is based on ideas like 'reasonable', 'fair' and 'natural justice'. These have no actual meaning until they get tested in court.
So a quick question is it only illegal if you use bit torrent programs to download stuff? If I download a movie off Rapidshare/Megaupload etc is that fine? lol
M_I_C_H_A_E_L: So a quick question is it only illegal if you use bit torrent programs to download stuff? If I download a movie off Rapidshare/Megaupload etc is that fine? lol
Its most probably illegal (unless its a creative commons licensed movie - not a hollywood one), but this particular law doesnt target those sorts of sites i.e. you wont get a strike from using rapidshare.
In the case of those sorts of sites, the 'hunt' tends to follow the person who uploaded it or rapidshare itself, but as you know, such sites do still exist
Ok, I admit to downloading music videos, ie, Elvis on the Ed Sullivan show, etc. Are these copyrighted? I do not use? torrents, as I have no idea about them.
M_I_C_H_A_E_L: So a quick question is it only illegal if you use bit torrent programs to download stuff? If I download a movie off Rapidshare/Megaupload etc is that fine? lol
Its most probably illegal (unless its a creative commons licensed movie - not a hollywood one), but this particular law doesnt target those sorts of sites i.e. you wont get a strike from using rapidshare.
In the case of those sorts of sites, the 'hunt' tends to follow the person who uploaded it or rapidshare itself, but as you know, such sites do still exist
Oh wow. Thanks :). I only use Torrents for 1 thing, but I can get that from Rapidshare.
This should not effect us too much as the time limits on infringement means no claim can be made.
owainjmorris you should read some of these sites to get to know your rights. Generally if the works are older than 50years its out of copyright. Otherwise they are and you are breaking the law. Some works are release under a creative commons but they will clearly say they are.
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