NetHui 2011 is currently in progress, so there’s a lot of discussion about Internet usage in New Zealand, and – of course – the controversial amendments to the Copyright Act. TUANZ‘s Paul Brislen tweeted something I’ve seen and heard (in various forms) a lot recently: Cf electricity. Won’t cut me off because I look at something [...]
Posts Tagged ‘copyright’
13 Apr
Why the Government should ignore the People
The infamous “Section 92A” that so riled people up, was this (in full): 92A Internet service provider must have policy for terminating accounts of repeat infringers (1) An Internet service provider must adopt and reasonably implement a policy that provides for termination, in appropriate circumstances, of the account with that Internet service provider of a [...]
13 Apr
An actual problem with the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill
The most glaringly wrong part of the Amendment is this: 122PB Application of section 122C to cellular mobile networks (1) An IPAP need not comply with either of the obligations in section 122C(1) in respect of the services it provides by way of a cellular mobile network. (2) Subsection (1) is repealed with the close [...]
13 Apr
Guilt if not denied, not guilt on accusation
Once again, many New Zealanders are saying incredibly incorrect things about copyright law – most of them because they are parroting other people in a twisted Chinese whispers style of journalism. People are calling the latest changes “guilt on accusation”. All you have to do is actually read the amendment (which is not something that [...]
19 Feb
S92A, and other thoughts on the revised Copyright Act
There is quite a furore (e.g. #blackout) at the moment about the eminent arrival of the updated Copyright Act in NZ, pretty much all surrounding section 92A. 92A doesn’t appear in the official online copies (either HTML or PDF) – I don’t know if that is because it only takes effect from the end of the month, or [...]
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