RIANZ Spends $250,000 on Three Strikes Law to Reap $616.57 Drew Wilson | February 1, 2013 By Drew Wilson The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) finally convicted its first file-sharer under the now tested New Zealand three strikes law. While RIANZ may be feeling satisfied it got a result, the money spent may raise some questions over the effectiveness of such a law. We’ve been covering the developments of …
RIANZ – Downloading P2P Software Proof of Wrongdoing Drew Wilson | January 31, 2013 By Drew Wilson The day after New Zealand saw its first conviction under the so-called “three strikes law”, the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) went on the airwaves to discuss the development. Managing director Chris Caddick said in a radio interview that the very act of downloading a file-sharing program in an and …
