What is Section 92a? And what’s all the fuss about? Some background is important to put things into context here.
In 2001 The Ministry of Economic Development, under the Labour led government, ordered a review of The Copyright Act 1994. This was due to the technological changes that had come about – the internet, new media technologies, and the digitalization of information amongst other advancements – all of which were not addressed in copyright law at the time. On April 9, 2008 Associate Minister of Commerce Judith Tizard released a press statement outlining the “key provisions of the bill.”
The Bill will update and clarify how copyright applies to new technologies in today’s digital environment, promote a modern legal framework that guides the protection and use of copyright material, ensure the effective operation of the Act in the face of emerging technologies, and ensure that the Copyright Act remains fair and effective in the face of emerging needs of a dynamic and technology-supporting economy.”
The Copyright Council of New Zealand – “an incorporated non-profit society set up to protect and promote the rights of copyright creators” – have outlined some of the key changes brought about by the new law in this info–sheet.
The Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 came into effect on 31 October 2008 after going through the parliamentary process.
92A Internet service provider must have policy for terminating accounts of repeat infringers
“(1) An Internet service provider must adopt and reasonably implement a policy that provides for termination, in appropriate circumstances, of the account with that Internet service provider of a repeat infringer.
“(2) In subsection (1), repeat infringer means a person who repeatedly infringes the copyright in a work by using 1 or more of the Internet services of the Internet service provider to do a restricted act without the consent of the copyright owner.
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