New Zealand’s Recording Industry CEO Tries to Defend New Draconian Law

An anonymous reader writes “Campbell Smith, CEO of the RIAA equivalent in New Zealand, has written an opinion piece for one of New Zealand’s largest daily papers, in which he tries to justify the new ‘presumed guilty’ copyright law. This law allows recording industry members to watch file-sharing activity and notify ISPs of users who are downloading material. The copyright holder can then demand that an ISP disconnect that user — without the user ever having a chance to demonstrate their evidence.”

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