New Zealand court hands out second peppercorn downloading penalty

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/11/nz_second_file_sharing_case_handed_down/ / New Zealand’s Copyright Tribunal has handed down its second decision under controversial “SkyNet” anti-downloading legislation imposed fine considerably less than that sought by the country’s music industry lobby RIANZ the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand defendant  NZ$1,681 penalty fined the defendant NZ$557 defence BitTorrent downloaded by his children which seems plausible  two songs for which he was punished Coldplay’s Paradise Kesha’s We R Who We R, according to Stuff regime, RIANZ notifies an ISP  illegal downloading sends three notices customer no acceptable response received case is escalated to the Copyright Tribunal defendant claimed financial difficulties most of the fine was in the form of costs penalties fee of just $7.17 to pay for the actual songs RIANZ has also told NZ Radio it believes installing a BitTorrent client is proof that an individual is sharing files illegally /