New Zealand's copyright law is an ass

This is a nationwide issue

Affecting:

Arts, Broadcasting and Media, Children, Entertainment, Public Services / Government, Science & Technology, IT / Communications,

Section 92a of the Copyright Act allows big music, film and other companies to force ISP's to slow down people's internet connections and then cut them off after only 3 accusations of downloading copyright material - without any of their evidence being held up to Court scrutiny.

See http://www.geekzone.co.nz/juha/6247 for more details.

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Internet Blackout NZ

9 people support this, addressing New Zealand's copyright law is an ass

Join The New Zealand Internet Blackout http://creativefreedom.org.nz to protest against the Guilt Upon Accusation law 'Section 92A' that calls for internet disconnection based on accusations of copyright infringement without a trial and without an... see details

There is only one solution

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and that is to repeal the act. it is plain and simply a breach of human rights and contradicts the concept of innocent until proven guilty. Okay, in reality the execution will probably be a lot less than we all expect, but the principle is stil... see details

It is bogus.

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The only thing that can be done here is to lift privacy laws so that ISP's can legally check exactly what you are looking at so that there is no ambiguity. But of cause this signs away our sovereign rights. Guilty upon accusation is not good f... see details

What people have to say

Daniel Spector

10:00 AM, Thursday 26 February 2009

"As a publisher representing the interests of content creators, a content creator myself and managing a company that uploads copywritten material from clients worldwide, this law is... unfathomable."

Elliot Alexander from Kinoo

12:59 PM, Wednesday 25 February 2009

"The web is a place where rules are written by the users. Its a self-regulating zone. It should stay this way. If no agreement made by 29th March another 6 months extension given, Keep protesting. What is the govt thinking? And why did Key chicken out and scrap the broadband plan. Never trust national... ever"

steve adams from Shy Films

10:18 AM, Tuesday 24 February 2009

"Great to see the PM has put the introduction of S92 on hold pending agreement from the affected parties. Now we want to see all rightsholders involved in the discussion, not just big music and big movies."

Jordan Carter from Wetware

11:49 PM, Monday 23 February 2009

"I live in a flat, with shared internet access. I can't control let alone KNOW what my flat mates are downloading. I need the internet to keep my work interests going. My career is in the internet. An hours outage affects me. Cutting me clean from the net because my flatmate downloads something is not reasonable. Especially if he isn't even guilty!!"