27
May
2010
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Heath Anderson
Kirk Boladeras
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Intellectual Property
Being NZ music month, and in light of some recent developments in the area of copyright and music, we thought it timely to remind businesses of their obligations in relation to playing music in public places.
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28
Apr
2010
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Mark Gavin
Kirk Boladeras
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Consumer Law
A recent Auckland District Court decision, Commerce Commission v TMG Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, has highlighted the need for adequate disclosure of material Terms and Conditions in advertising.
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26
Feb
2010
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Jason Rudkin-Binks
Kirk Boladeras
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Intellectual Property
New Legislation
The issue of how New Zealand will deal with unauthorized sharing of copyright material via the internet has taken another interesting turn. Current enforcement measures under the Copyright Act 1994 are considered ineffective. Section 92A of the Act was intended to provide a way to address this problem by forcing ISPs to have a policy providing for account termination, but was met with a lot of public concern. Readers may recall that at the time of our last article of 15 July 2009 Government were considering amending the section. On Tuesday, Minister of Commerce Simon Power introduced the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Bill (the Bill) to Parliament which if passed will repeal s92A in favour of a new set of enforcement measures.
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19
Nov
2009
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Kirk Boladeras
Mark Gavin
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Intellectual Property
Readers may recall that at the time of our 22 September article, concerns were being raised over the proposed Google Books settlement agreement. On 13 November 2009 an amended settlement agreement which has implications for New Zealand authors was filed with the United States District Court for consideration.
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