New Zealand Telecommunications, Recording Industries Crack Down On Illegal Music Downloads
01 Novembro 2011 - 2:32AM
Dow Jones News
New Zealand's telecommunications and recording industries have
made their first play to crack down on the illegal downloading of
music under recently passed legislation, the country's largest
telecommunications companies confirmed Tuesday.
Telecom Corp. of New Zealand (TEL.NZ), the New Zealand unit of
Vodafone Group PLC (VOD, VOD.LN) and New Zealand government-owned
Orcon are looking into concerns raised by the Recording Industry
Association about such downloads.
Under legislation introduced Sept. 1, when copyright owners
detect an infringement, they can report it to the offender's
Internet provider, which will then issue its customer a notice.
Each offender could face a fine of up to NZ$15,000 once he or she
receives three notices.
The legislation is the first of its kind in New Zealand.
Telecom Corp. spokeswoman Anna Serten said the company had so
far received 42 reports of infringement from the Recording Industry
Association on behalf of record labels, with the majority of the
concerns related to the alleged illegal downloading of three tracks
from R&B recording artist Rihanna.
-By Lucy Craymer, Dow Jones Newswires; 64-4-471-5990;
lucy.craymer@dowjones.com
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