great news:
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/section-92a-be-scrapped-89121
a summary snipped from /.:
"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."
congratulations to Bronwyn and all others that breathed sanity into this debate,
--
Julian Oliver
home: New Zealand
based: Madrid, Spain
currently: Madrid, Spain
about: http://julianoliver.com
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