yep, this was my favourite story today too. well done all. .hh
>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 -- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . honor harger present location: yverdon-les-bain, .ch email: [email protected] sms: +44 7765834272 -> w e b bio: http://www.radioqualia.net/honor -> r e s e a r c h phd at z-node, ch: http://www.z-node.net/ - > p l a y r a d i o q u a l i a: http://www.radioqualia.net -> l i s t e n radio astronomy: http://www.radio-astronomy.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
