[AusNOG] NZ 3 strikes law passed

[James Troy]

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/254485,new-zealand-passes-three-strikes-law.aspx

Just reading the article i really hope Australia doesn't follow our NZ cousins on this one i think the most disturbing points:

*         Once the copyright holder sends the notification, guilt is assumed, it is upto the end user to prove they didn't

*         If NAT is used (IPv4 exhaustion anyone?) then it is upto the admin to track the traffic on his network to prove it wasn't the company but an individual employee

*         Early termination fees are not covered if a user is disconnected due to this (although i would suspect these fees would be born by the user and put into any new contracts)

I wonder who was in who's pocket to get this law passed

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