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US Offered To Draft NZ 3-Strikes Law, Fund Copyright Initiative

Posted by timothy on from the we-were-just-in-the-neighborhood dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Wikileaks has just posted hundreds of cables from US personnel in New Zealand that reveal regular government lobbying on copyright, offers to draft New Zealand three-strikes-and-you're-out legislation, and a recommendation to spend over NZ$500,000 to fund a recording industry-backed IP enforcement initiative. The funding raises the question of whether New Zealand is aware that local enforcement initiatives, including raids and court cases, have been funded by the US government."

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  1. I'm from New Zealand by lul_wat · · Score: 5, Informative

    We recently had a 3-strikes law rushed through parliment by the current government (which is a gross mis-use of power).

    I'd like to share this video which demonstrates the level of understanding our MP's have

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJdPkrpFXBM

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    Divide a cake by zero. Is it still a cake?
  2. Re:This is the second way America tries to invade by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's amazing, really. Not only did they insist that the NZ government keep ACTA a secret from its people (all attendee's people, actually)

    But they stepped in to assist in re-drafting the bill to make it more palatable & passable, for NZ legislators

    and instructed the government to implement a new security force to enforce it, even offering to assist in its initial funding. All that's missing is an offer to have American troops enforce the law for them.