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Sun rises on new .KIWI domans

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • February 22 2013

We reported last July about the new range of generic top level domains (gTLDs) being made available by ICANN, which will allow for internet domain

First blood to Skynet file-sharing law

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • February 22 2013

The Copyright Tribunal has issued its first decision relating to the file-sharing provisions of the Copyright Act, the so-called Skynet or

Australian government establishes social networking cyber safety protocol

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • Australia, New Zealand
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  • February 22 2013

Facebook, Google (including YouTube), Yahoo and Microsoft have signed up to a protocol with the Australian government, setting out a process for

ad: cutting through the astroturf

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 5 2012

The new ASA guidance also states that any paid-for Twitter endorsements must use the hashtag "ad" in order to distinguish the tweet as advertising, a requirement which is consistent with good practice in other jurisdictions

The blogosphere - new stomping ground of the advertorial?

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 5 2012

These days bloggers are becoming less like independent journalists and more like A-list celebrities

Skynet launches its attack

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 5 2012

A number of internet customers who have each received their third and final notices under the infringing file-sharing provisions of the Copyright Act will soon be brought before the Copyright Tribunal

Defamed in 0.21 seconds? Possible liability for search engine

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 5 2012

In A v Google New Zealand Limited 2012 NZHC 2352, the High Court recently considered the question of whether a search engine provider should be responsible for the content of information on a third party website that was accessed via the search engine's search results

New guidance from the Advertising Standards Authority confirms need for businesses to monitor social media sites

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • Australia, New Zealand
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  • October 24 2012

New guidance issued by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has confirmed that its Advertising Codes of Practice may apply to user-generated content on businesses' social media pages

Employer uses monitoring software to collect personal information

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • July 9 2012

In June, the Privacy Commissioner issued a case note about an employer who used key stroke log-in software as part of an investigation into an employee's conduct

The receivers who never received: service by email and the Electronic Transactions Act 2002

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • July 9 2012

As Buddle Findlay reported in its recent Insolvency Law update, in Re Hurlstone Earthmoving Limited (in receivership and liquidation): Petterson v Gothard (No 3) 2012 NZHC 666, the liquidator of Hurlstone Earthmoving Limited sought orders under section 37 of the Receiverships Act 1993 compelling the receivers to provide company documents and information about the company's affairs after they had failed to comply with a notice under section 261 of the Companies Act 1993