Wednesday, 14 September, 2011 | Ronette Druskovich
The recent changes to Copyright law have been operational for a short while and there is mixed feedback from the Internet Providers on whether or not New Zealand internet users have paid heed to the risks.
What are the risks?
A fine of up to $15,000.00 for peer to peer file sharing, payable by the person or entity who holds the account with the internet provider.
What… Continue reading
Monday, 28 February, 2011 | Olivia Porter
Does your business have a catchy name and/or clearly identifiable logo? If you haven’t registered it as a trademark, this could happen to you …
Bill started a very successful retail business and as a result of a quality product, memorable logo and significant exposure in the market, people very quickly learned about Bill’s business and recognised his logo when they saw it.
Shortly after starting his business… Continue reading
Wednesday, 15 April, 2009 | James Johnston
A recent example of a photographic image being misappropriated from a personal Facebook page led to one of our own lawyers being asked for comment by the New Zealand Herald.
In an article appearing on 17 March 2009 the newspaper considered the rights of a person whose photo had been used without his permission on another commercial website.
The following is quoted from the article …
“Copyright expert… Continue reading
Monday, 1 September, 2003 | Alan Knowsley
Anyone downloading or opening material from the internet or from e-mails needs to take care to ensure that they are not breaking the law.
The downloading and opening of attachments containing material which somebody knows is stolen or dishonestly obtained may constitute receiving stolen goods under the Crimes Act 1961.
If convicted the maximum penalty for receiving stolen goods is a jail term of up to 7 years… Continue reading
