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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

Liability for ad content on Google stays with advertiser

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • Australia, New Zealand
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  • February 12 2013

Google is not liable for misleading advertisements or manipulated links - the originator of the link is. So ruled the High Court of Australia in a

Technology finally wins the war: win for Google

  • Russell McVeagh
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  • Australia, New Zealand
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  • February 11 2013

The ongoing saga between the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ("ACCC") and internet giant, Google, has finally been decided by a

Trademark Clearinghouse is the place to be

  • AJ Park
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  • New Zealand
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  • February 8 2013

The internet is about to change. A large number of new top level domains ('not-coms') are about to be released on the world. These will compete with

First NZ infringement under 'Three Strikes Law'

  • Watermark Patent & Trade Marks Attorneys
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  • New Zealand
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  • February 8 2013

Recently, New Zealand saw the first instance of an individual being fined under the so-called 'Three Strikes Law' for copyright infringement. The

First alleged pirate walks the plank lands in shallow water

  • Baldwins
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  • New Zealand
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  • January 31 2013

The first of at least 11 infringing file sharing cases before the Copyright Tribunal has now been decided. The Tribunal's decision is largely a

Consumer law - 2012 year in review

  • Russell McVeagh
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  • New Zealand
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  • December 20 2012

This Alert looks back at some of the interesting trends and developments in New Zealand's consumer law in 2012

Challenges with online contracting another case and some tips

  • Wigley + Company
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  • New Zealand
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  • December 19 2012

This is our second article on this topic following our article To read or not to read.. online Ts and Cs

Peer to peer (P2P) legislation

  • Abril Abogados
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  • Canada, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • December 13 2012

Since 2006, when the first European Regulation against illegal downloading was enacted by Finland, most of EU Member States have followed the example