So you would expect the CC to fine them $5 on each of the 22 charges?
No way.
STU will get it hard.
This will open up class actions.
False certification in the face of suspect imported products ,means CC has a very messy sector to clean up.
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False claims,false information, false derogatory comments,plagiarism,copyright infrgement,liabilious comments have seen a great number of books withdrawn from sale in NZ.They must all be destroyed.I would expect publishers would have sued the authors.
Agreed, the CC will not take misleading representations lightly, especially in light of the leaky building fiasco. I was at CC presentation a few weeks ago, and the talk was about their prosecution standards and what they aim to achieve when going after companies. In short, when it is a first instance case like this one, they like to set an example, ie their bike barn, and early childhood education decisions (name of company escapes me), so that it deters others from doing the same thing.
No the publishers are the ones responsible for copyright, in fact in an author agreement the author gives over their copyright to the publisher. (i worked for Penguin and did legal work in regards to their publishing contracts).
Edit: Sorry misread what you said, the publishers typically won't sue an author cause the contract will allow for some form of remedy if defamatory statements were made by the author.