Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans
In a twist that may hearten those who fear the new ‘three strikes’ file sharing law Draconian, Telecom has gone into bat for a customer sent an enforcement notice (a notice that sits third in the ‘three strike’ warning process, and leads directly to a date with the Copyright Tribunal and a possible $15,000 fine if unchallenged). “To date Telecom has issued one enforcement notice to a customer,” spokesman Desmond Nash told Telecom. “This notice was rescinded after Telecom supported the customer in understanding the process and making a valid challenge under the regime, which based on this customers circumstances, was then accepted by the rights holder involved.†Telecom would not name the rights holder, or provide any details about the customer or their alleged offence. Vodafone and TelstraClear have also sent their first third-strike enforcement notices this week. The notices were on behalf of Rianz (the Recording Industry Association of NZ), which represents major record labels. Meanwhile, Orcon has said a comment by CEO Scott Bartlett at the TelCon 12 conference was “based on incorrect information.” The state-owned ISP has not sent any third-strike notices. Second enforcement notice issued under ‘three strikes’ law, $15K fine looms UPDATE April 19: [...]
For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com
The post Second enforcement notice issued under 'three strikes' law, $15K fine looms appeared first on National Cyber Security.