Adams was speaking at an Institute of IT Professionals breakfast in Auckland yesterday, and alluded to copyright infringement issues in response to a question about the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).

She said she was reluctant to discuss the contents of the TPPA, but did say she found it interesting that the US is pushing "Hollywood" agendas overseas when the question of IP and the internet is still being debated at home.

"Even domestically they haven't quite figured it out themselves while they are out trying to negotiate," says Adams.

"They are often seen in this negotiation space as being firmly on the side of rights holders' agenda, but actually domestically they are still having this debate right now on the idea of the free internet."

Meanwhile of whether content rights holders should pay ISPs an administrative fee (currently $25) every time they send an infringement notice have been released on line. This follows under the Official Information Act.