copyright, 92a and “democracy”
Ok, 92a copyright law. Bastard section that basically says that based upon a simple accusation, that your internet must be cut off by your ISP.
Christopher Finlayson: … The Minister [Judith Tizard] knows, and I certainly know, that we have all had approaches from various commercial entities, as a result of which the Minister has come up with a number of amendments. We will support those. The first makes some changes to new section 92A, and I need not go into that in any great detail. We support what is being done there.
And this is a MP saying that they are throwing what the people want out the door, and doing what ‘commercial entities’ want, to quote a friend of mine:
[23:37:18] <JOS> i detect money changing hands
Now it should be noted, that this particular section of law was removed by the select committee, simply because it was shit, and yet parliament put it back, at the request of ‘commercial entities’ aka the music and movies companies.
Now what does this particular section do? It states that upon being contacted by a copyright holder, who accuses a ISP’s customer of copyright infringement, they must disconnect the user in question.
No proof, no follow up, just cut it off and forget about it.
Its good to know that the government still cares about its people and not ‘commercial entities’, looks like I’m heading overseas asap if this comes into effect. ^^
Other posts relating to 92a
http://blog.theyworkforyou.co.nz/post/59243864/section-92a-cut-off-anyone-who-might-be-breaking
http://coffee.geek.nz/saygoodbyetofreedomontheinternetwasnicewhileitlasted
And 92c, which would be more damaging if more websites were hosted in NZ datacenters, pity we don’t have the international bandwidth to manage this, gotta love this country sometimes.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/117D6C93C541D21ACC2574EF00185387
Tags: 92a, 92c, commercial entities, copyright, democracy, movies, music
December 12th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Will there be a hotline number? Something like “0800 IM A NARK”?
This is kind of exciting because if you have someone that you really really hate, you can call up the hotline and speak to someone called “Craig” (i.e. a bloke called Mohammad speaking from a tiny mud hut in Uruguay) and you can whisper confessionally to “Craig”: “I have a friend living in Whitby who recently … *tiny gasp* … downloaded a video off YouTube of a kitten falling off an ironing board. This is against their Terms and Conditions and constitutes copyright infringement.”
“Craig” would then have order an elite team of Ninjas (oh all right, Pirate Ninjas) to tip-toe to the house in Whitby and cut off the internet, possibly with either nail clippers or a Binford 1200X Power Chainsaw, depending on the budget. “Neighbourhood Watch” would soon be vigilantes armed with ninja-seeking missiles.
Do you think if as soon as this thing comes into law, we can start a protest by getting everyone we know to flood the hotline number (or whatever it is) and say the following sites are downloading illegal files: The Warehouse, Vodafone, Farmers, some Minister of Something’s office computer, Salvation Army HQ, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (we can say they downloaded some donkey porn to spice things up) or anyone in Government office that you’re not quite fond of (e.g. that guy whose name escapes me but almost rhymes with Mohn Jey).
Do you think that might make them realise what a stupid idea it is to have no investigative planning in place? Worth a shot, right?