So, what’s hauled me back to the keyboard? ACTA – the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement – you may remember that I’ve blogged on this before. Well, it’s just entered its next round, in Korea, that well-known home of freedom and civil liberties (and the first country in the world to pass a 3 strikes law and implement it). Some of the latest draft has been leaked (again) and the Internet is noticing.
(Hat-tip to harrismint for this one) On Torrentfreak there is a report of an EU vote (481 in favour, 25 against and 21 abstentions) to accept a report about fundamental freedoms on the Internet. For the third time in a year the European Parliament has spoken out against tougher anti-piracy legislation that would allow alleged [...]
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/section-92a-be-scrapped-89121 Prime Minister John Key has announced that the government will throw out the controversial Section 92A of the Copyright Amendment (New Technologies) Act and start again. Justice minister Simon Power will now meet with officials and rewrite the section of the Act from the ground up. No timeframe has been set for whatever clause [...]
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 [...]
Over 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 [...]
Astute 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 [...]
Well, 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 [...]
You 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 [...]