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New Zealand Halts Internet Copyright Law Changes

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the undo-undo-undo dept.

phobonetik writes "The New Zealand Prime Minister announced his Government will throw out the controversial Section 92A of the Copyright Amendment (New Technologies) Act and start again. The proposed law changes contained 'guilty upon accusation, without appeal' clauses and heavy compliance costs to ISPs and businesses. The changes were hours away from being signed but a series of online protests, a petition on Government grounds, as well as public rebuttal by a large ISP and by Google contributed to the Government changing course and respecting the wishes of the IT industry."

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  1. Re:Industry? by getuid() · · Score: 5, Funny

    people> What about the wishes of the, um you know... people?
    govm't> Yeah, what about them?
    people> Well, they should be... respected or something.
    govm't> Why?
    people> You know... the constitution and all that... that says that goverment is elected by the people, ...
    govm't> Well, government *is* elected by the people.
    people> ...then, aren't you supposed to do as we say?
    govm't> Nope, not really. Why?
    people> Y'know, the constitution...
    govm't> What about the constitution?
    people> Well, it says you're not supposed to do the things you're just doing. So...
    govm't> So?
    people> So stop doing it.
    govm't> Why?
    people> Because the constitution...
    govm't> ...I don't care about the constituion. Go shove it.
    people> But you're supposed to, or...
    govm't> Or what?