Telcos say they are prepared for the "three strikes" Copyright Amendment Act which comes into force tomorrow.

NZFact, representing the major Hollywood studios, has warned the New Zealand government not to follow France, where a court recently struck down a copyright law provision that allowed infringers to have their internet accounts cut off.

Yesterday the lobby group, whose members include Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Films and Warner Bros., said it supported the French President Nicholas Sarkozy’s decision or reintroduce copyright legislation to the French parliament.

The Telecommunications Carriers Forum (TCF), representing telcos and the  largest ISPs, maintains it still hates the upcoming copyright law change. But nevertheless it’s issued a draft code of practice – required for ISPs under the law – which addresses the three-allegations-and-you're-out myth.