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It would seem that the ISPs had a significant compliance cost as well. "On 23 July 2012, despite the policy intent of making the issuance of copyright infringe
by xupybd 10y ago
It would seem that the ISPs had a significant compliance cost as well.
"On 23 July 2012, despite the policy intent of making the issuance of copyright infringement notices under the legislation inexpensive, Telecom New Zealand revealed that under the new regime, it had cost them $534,416 to issue only 1,238 notices - or approximately $438 per notice, although this cost figure is not evidenced by any audited breakdown. The copyright holders are required to pay a fee of $25 to have the notices issued"[1]
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_(Infringing_File_Sharing)_Amendment_Act_2011#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_(Infringing_File_Sha...
- Nition 10y agoI feel like Telecom may have been boosting the numbers a bit there to try and make the law seem extra bad for them; all they should really have to do is forward a letter.
- MichaelGG 10y agoIf they didn't already have a database in place of which IPs assigned to which customers during which times, they'd need to set that up. Software dev isn't cheap. Maintenance isn't cheap. They need to write up a procedure on how to handle these notices. They have to verify they're valid (i.e. not just a prank or malicious action). Compliance costs can add up.
- xupybd 10y agoAlso never underestimate the costs incurred by sufficiently bloated bureaucracy.
- lostlogin 10y agoYou've worked for a university too?
- vacri 10y agoWell said. These things, especially at the government/enterprise level, aren't just a quick and dirty forwarding rule on your mailserver. It's got to be written up, vetted by legal, documented so knowledge transfers through staff transfer, so on and so forth. The action is simple, but implementation is not.