posted by on Mar 12
Copyright laws and the subsequent penalties are quite substantive. Many individuals engage in this form of theft because they are not fully aware of the potential consequences. In actual fact, individuals who are engaged in piracy either through the illegal selling, buying, or sharing of copyrighted products are likely to face severe penalties. This is exactly what we need to keep in mind the next time we think about engaging in piracy of any kind. Copyright laws are quite clear in their scope and application and educating ourselves about them is the first step towards ensuring that they are followed and we are not unintentionally engaging in copyright infringement.
The New Zealand Federation Against Copyright Theft, or NZFACT, is an organisation that is committed to ensuring and protecting the rights of the New Zealand film and television industry, retailers, and movie fans. Copyright infringement has a wide number of manifestations and is something that applies to a vast number of scenarios. NZFACT has several members which include, but are not limited to:
Village Road show Limited
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, New Zealand
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Sony Pictures Releasing International Corporation
Twentieth Century Fox International Corporation
Universal International Films, Inc
Warner Bros. Pictures International, a division of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
NZFACT works with enforcement agencies and government officials to ensure the copyright infringement and piracy of any kind do not take place in New Zealand. Tony Eaton, a former police prosecutor in the New Zealand Courts, is the Executive Director of NZFACT. For more information about issues such as copyright infringement laws and regulations, legal penalties for copyright infringement and piracy, how to contribute towards the upkeep of copyright laws and regulations, how to ensure that you protect yourself and/or your corporation from potential litigation.