Brava Bronwyn
On 24/03/09 5:03 AM, "Julian Oliver" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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, _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
