In New Zealand you may have heard about the earthquakes in Christchurch. This has put Christchurch in a state of emergency. In Christchurch police have cordoned off the CBD denying citizens access to their businesses and whatever they have in there.
In the government of New Zealand The House is currently in urgency to pass Christchurch earthquake recovery measures. It just so happens that during this session of parliament this internet piracy bill was rushed through.
It is disgusting that this happened. This bill was protested and thus never implemented back in 2009 but now they get to rush this bill through under urgency bypassing parliamentary procedure. They're using the Christchurch Earthquake to pass completely irrelevant laws which I find to be quite offensive and completely undemocratic.
So anyway this bill will allow copyright holders to accuse internet users of copyright infringement. The ISP will have to send warning letters to its users at the behest of the rights holder. After three strikes the user will either face a $15,000 fine or 6 months disconnection. I mean we could just hop on to another ISP, but this just isn't right.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/4882838/Law-to-fight-internet-piracy-rushed-through
It's completely outrageous, it has nothing to do one thing with the other, so lucky not to be there right now...
ReplyDeleteDude, the world is going mad.
ReplyDeleteapples and oranges......
ReplyDeleteMakes total sense to me.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing what excuses government will use.
ReplyDeleteThe use of this tragedy to pass unnecessary laws is dumb. Hopefully someone pulls the plug on that, but it seems silly these people can't get their crap together while Japan had rebuilt it's infrastructure in a matter of days. I guess maybe they don't have the political red tape on doing things that most westernized countries do.
ReplyDeleteThat said, there are probably good safety reasons for keeping business owners out of their place of business. What if the building were to collapse while they were in there? Then the government would be blamed for allowing them to go in without checking for safety first. There is a no win situation there, and they are making the best choice in safety.
That is so ridiculous, no one should face jail for downloading a CD or software.
ReplyDeletethanks for posting the articles mate
ReplyDeleteThe internet will be policed and it will be the end of the internet.
ReplyDeleteWTF is this?
ReplyDeletegreat post as always
ReplyDeleteThat is indeed wrong. Lucky I don't live there.
ReplyDeleteit is as if they think citizens are dumb... at the time of truth there´s no real democracy
ReplyDeleteGood ole government.
ReplyDeleteThat's a mess!
ReplyDeleteGuess you can count on politicians everywhere to be complete and utter scumbags.
ReplyDeleteThat is unfair beyond doubt. Fight it however you can.
ReplyDeleteThis is completely ridiculous
ReplyDeleteCopyright Infringement is definitely going to be more troublesome as the years go by, due to the large influx of internet users over time.
ReplyDeleteGood informational post, looking forward to more from you.
this sounds ridiculous.. inst there anything that can be done agains it? well, time to move out from new zeland then :)
ReplyDeleteI used to like New Zealand a lot, but this kinda just saddens me. I guess you can't escape government corruption no matter where you go.
ReplyDeletesuch bad news
ReplyDeleteWOw what an unlikely correlation.
ReplyDeleteit's completely outrageous.
ReplyDeleteAhaha, what a joke.
ReplyDeleteSometimes a little of fascism isneeded
ReplyDeletehmm that sux
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