I’ve called out Campbell Smith on his creative use of English to make black appear white. Now its APRA’s turn, and specifically Arthur Baysting. This will probably earn me wrath from some sectors of the music community, to whom Baysting has been a battler of the local industry for years, but his latest effort is [...]
Category Archives: Copyright
Lies? At the least, misinformation…
17-Mar-09ACTA – WTF are they hiding?
16-Mar-09ACTA stands for “Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement” and after a year of negotiations (following a year of “pre-negotiations”), that’s all we really know for certain. Which is just a bit insane for countries that are supposed to be representative democracies. Trade agreements are often negotiated under cover of secrecy, so that industry lobbyists can’t focus on [...]
On Copyright (pt 2)
13-Mar-09Over on PublicAddress, there’s a long running debate on copyright (actually, crossing over multiple threads and other discussions). It’s got a little heated at times but at the moment, it’s not too bad. Last night, one of the participants, Rob Stowell asked me a question that I had to think about, and this morning I [...]
Effectively, it’s dead as a means of managing the Act. The TCF’s rules are pretty clear:
WOW! (hat tip to Paul Matthews (NZCS)) The code will not solve copyright issues, says TelstraClear By Ulrika Hedquist Auckland | Wednesday, 11 March, 2009 in Computerworld TelstraClear has pulled the rug from under efforts to implement New Zealand’s controversial new copyright law. The telco has told the Telecommunications Carriers’ Forum (TCF) and a working [...]
Charge of the IP Brigade
11-Mar-09Astute readers of the net will have noticed that Korea has a proposal for a three strikes or, should we say “graduated response” piece of legislation. France is also going through the process of such legislation in spite of the fact that the European Parliament has declared it not suitable to Europe. In Ireland, the [...]
Lies, damn lies and statistics
05-Mar-09[Warning - this one is quite long with lots of juicy links] Mauricio Frietas has posted a Q&A session with Campbell Smith, the CEO of RIANZ that happened in one of the Forums. It’s an interesting read but Smith is still convinced that his cause is just and, hey, RIANZ are not the RIAA so [...]
On Copyright (pt 1)
27-Feb-09There’s been a lot talked about copyright recently what it is, what it isn’t, and I want to use this post to examine what I think it is. A little potted history first. The idea of copyright arose initially in the 16th century with the advent of a new technology: the printing press. This was [...]
RESULT!
23-Feb-09Well, sort of. Introduction of Section 92A has been delayed until 27 March, to allow the negotiating parties to sort the Code of Practice out. 3News has it here: Government delays introduction of controversial ‘S92A’ The government has called for a delay in the implementation of Section 92A, the controversial Copyright Amendment Act due to [...]
What is it with Chris Hocquard?
22-Feb-09You may remember I posted last year on an interview Oliver Driver did with Chris Hocquard. He still doesn’t get it, in my opinion, despite the fact that he’s the director and sole shareholder in amplifer.co.nz and is well regarded in the industry. Last Thursday, he had a set to on 95Bfm (MP3) (where he’s [...]