On Mon, 04 May 2009 09:28:44 +1200 Nick Rout <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 1:53 AM, Wesley Parish > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just came across this on Techdirt: > > http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090430/1400034708.shtml > > New Zealand Officials To Scrap Copyright Law; Start From Scratch > > > > Now that's an interesting result from the hoo-haa over the > > guilty-as-alleged-sans-proof law we were almost saddled with. (I don't care > > to be ridden by morons, thank you! :) > > > > Any comments? > > yeah sure. > > 1. The originally proposed code of practice for ISP's gave plenty of > prootection for consumers and did not amount to guilt without proof. > > 2. The media companies wanted something tougher than the proposed code. > > 3. the legislation that the code was under has been scrapped to be > replaced by "something else" > > 4. The current government is pro business, including the multimedia > conglomerates who do want automatic takedown and guilt upon > accusation. > > 5. Conclusion: we will end up with something worse than the code that > wass proposed by the ISP's. and I thought I was the only one that read it that way... Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[email protected]> http://www.greengecko.co.nz
