Landlords who are providing Internet access when renting furnished or holiday homes are liable for the actions of their tenants. Similarly, you’ll be liable for the actions of your guests using your Internet account at home from 1 September 2011.
Infringing File Sharing - Amendment Act 2011 makes changes to the Copyright Act 1994 for cracking down on peer-to-peer file sharing on the Internet. The law says that the person who owns the Internet account (account holder) is liable, even if he or she wasn’t the person who broke the law. In other words for the landlord will it be hard to give evidence or reasons not to be guilty.
The process is to get two notices before the hearing of Copyright Tribunal. If your tenant signs a related clause in the tenancy agreement, you’ll be able to act accordingly. Otherwise the minimum penalty is $275 and goes up to $15,000.
The law comes into force on 1 September 2011 and by definition “File sharing” is:
- material uploaded or downloaded from the Internet, and
- using an application or network that enables the simultaneous sharing of material between multiple users.
Infringing File Sharing - Amendment Act 2011 makes changes to the Copyright Act 1994 for cracking down on peer-to-peer file sharing on the Internet. The law says that the person who owns the Internet account (account holder) is liable, even if he or she wasn’t the person who broke the law. In other words for the landlord will it be hard to give evidence or reasons not to be guilty.
The process is to get two notices before the hearing of Copyright Tribunal. If your tenant signs a related clause in the tenancy agreement, you’ll be able to act accordingly. Otherwise the minimum penalty is $275 and goes up to $15,000.
The law comes into force on 1 September 2011 and by definition “File sharing” is:
- material uploaded or downloaded from the Internet, and
- using an application or network that enables the simultaneous sharing of material between multiple users.
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