A Parliamentary select committee was informed toady that one of the internet service providers in New Zealand has in place, the copyright infringement notices without any pressure from the law.

It was stated by Telecom's Government and Industry Relations General Manager, Ralph Chivers that the Telecom has already been getting infringement notices from overseas entities. Also, it was said that it passes on the complaints to their customers to a feasible extent.

Mr. Chivers also shared, during a submission on the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill, that Telecom receives a noticeable number of complains and that most of them come from unidentifiable sources, even after
20 minutes of the processing per complaint.

The Company, last week got 500 notices from two US-based entities and these entities were not earlier known. It was also said that the Telecom has a team, which manages abuse and that incase the IP address of the offender was not found, a message was further transferred to them.

It is surprising to know that all this is occurring in spite of the fact that the law does not demand any action on the part of Telecom.

In order to cope up with this trouble, Telecom had put forth a system that requires copyright holders to get their credentials evaluated, thereby, ensuring comparatively leveled and uncomplicated process.