New Zealand's Recording Industry CEO Tries to Defend New Draconian Law

An anonymous reader writes "Campbell Smith, CEO of the RIAA equivalent in New Zealand, has written an opinion piece for one of New Zealand's largest daily papers, in which he tries to justify the new 'presumed guilty' copyright law. This law allows recording industry members to watch file-sharing activity and notify ISPs of users who are downloading material. The copyright holder can then demand that an ISP disconnect that user — without the user ever having a chance to demonstrate their evidence."

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i don't believe canadian culture exists

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what i believe is that there is an anglo north american culture, which canada and the usa straddle

ignoring the frogs in quebec of course

but it seems to me there are more differences between say, new england culture and southeastern us culture, than between new england culture and maritime culture

and out west, or in the great plains? even much less of a difference. the difference between san francisco and vancouver, for example, seems infinitesimal (compared on a scale of something like the change in culturally unique signifiers when moving between any other similar distance in really any other part of the world)

molson and hockey don't make a unique culture, eh?

however, i am not trying to belittle canada. your political and social environment, i envy and consider superior to the usa. we need universal healthcare in the usa badly, and your fuddy duddy banking system is now the envy of all

but i just don't see much difference culturally between myself and an anglocanadian. i see more difference between myself and someone from texas, for example (disclaimer: from new england)

on the other hand, anything you might define as uniquely canadian culture should be utterly destroyed, in retaliation for giving us tom green ;-)