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I liked the pragmatic response in NZ to robo lawsuits. Requesting an ISP lookup of someone’s details cost $20 (some years ago, not sure of current price). In p
by xyzzy123 8y ago
I liked the pragmatic response in NZ to robo lawsuits. Requesting an ISP lookup of someone’s details cost $20 (some years ago, not sure of current price).
In practice although rights holders might claim that damages were $lots, except in the most egregious cases no-one found it worth $20/user to initiate “legal action”.
- WilliamEdward 8y agoThat's interesting, thank you. If i torrent 1 movie from netflix, that's only worth about $12 (or whatever monthly subscription). Ignoring all other factors that would make it not worth it to litigate (not a legal court case but just send a letter to an ISP), this is still not worth $20.
- xyzzy123 8y agoI just looked it up as my memory of the process was from an ISP friend over beers several years ago. It seems the enforcement fee is currently $200 from the rightsholder: https://www.justice.govt.nz/tribunals/copyright/forms-and-fees/ https://www.justice.govt.nz/tribunals/copyright/forms-and-fe... Damages are capped at $15k and awarded by the tribunal as per: https://www.iponz.govt.nz/about-ip/copyright/file-sharing-infringement/ https://www.iponz.govt.nz/about-ip/copyright/file-sharing-in...