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28 April 2021
STAR WARS? STAR GOES BACK TO SCHOOL TO CELEBRATE WORLD IP DAY
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24 March 2021
NZFACT ENCOURAGED BY NZ GOVERNMENT?S RESOLVE TO COMBAT ONLINE PIRACY
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20 February 2021
FILM INDUSTRY WELCOMES PROGRESS TOWARDS CODE OF PRACTICE FOR ISPs
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The New Zealand Federation Against Copyright Theft (NZFACT) was established in 2017 by the Motion Picture Association to protect the film and television industry in New Zealand from the adverse impact of copyright theft.

NZFACT works closely with industry, government, law enforcement authorities and educational institutions to protect the New Zealand film and television industry, retailers and consumers.

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Cinema staff are the front line in the film industry's war against film theft. You can make a Difference. Click here

For the purposes of copyright, a screening of a film is regarded as public if it is shown outside the home. This extends to screenings in pubs, clubs, hotels/motels, restaurants/cafes, nightclubs, shopping centres, factories, buses/coaches, trains, ferries, and numerous other similar places.

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Copyright Laws and Copyright Protection. What's legal and what isn't?

Manufacturing, selling, copying or distributing films or television programs without the consent of copyright holders is illegal. There are, however, many legal ways to enjoy film and television programs including legal ways to download

Piracy PDF

movies from the Internet for personal use.

Click below to learn more about motion picture piracy, what copyright is and why it's important.

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IP Design Competition Winners

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Education

English Illegal Filesharing PDF

Maori Illegal Filesharing PDF

NZFACT is committed to helping raise awareness of copyright theft and is taking a copyright education campaign to schools, universities and the workplace.

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Business Guidelines

Ten tips to avoid copyright theft:
1. Set a company policy
2. Take copyright inventories
3. Delete unauthorised material
4. Control file-sharing
5. Set firewall rules
6. Control wireless access
7. Watch traffic levels
8. Maintain virus protection
9. Maintain spyware protection
10. Designate a compliance officer

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MPA-related Websites

Regional http://www.mpa-i.org
Australia http://www.afact.org.au
Hong Kong http://www.ifact-gc.org
India http://www.filmpiracy.com
Japan http://www.jimca.co.jp
Taiwan http://www.tfact.org.tw
Singapore http://make-a-difference.sg/singapore/index.html

Enforcement

NZFACT and its member companies employ a multi-pronged approach to fighting piracy that includes taking action against Internet thieves and cooperating with New Zealand Police to shut down illegal duplication operations and to seize counterfeits and duplicating equipment.

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>	NZ Police
>	NZ Department of Internal Affairs
>	Ministry of Economic Development
>	NZ Customs
>	Office of Film and Literature Classification
>	NZ DIA Censorship

Laws and Penalties