The NBR reports that the controversial s92A of the Copyright Amendment Act will be scrapped. If you recall its implementation was to be “delayed a month while ISPs and copyright holders continued efforts to work out a voluntary agreement on how it would be enforced … if they could not agree, the clause would be [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Justice'
Twitter Updates on David Bain Trial?
March 8th, 2009 6 Comments
MandM have just one thing to say on the David Bain trial: Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Do not expect any commentary or speculation on the trial at MandM until the verdict is in.
Tags: Justice
Three Strikes: Proportion and Protection
March 6th, 2009 12 Comments
The Attorney General has identified an “apparent inconsistency” with the proposed “3 strikes bill” and the New Zealand Bill of Rights. This inconsistency is around whether the punishment inflicted by the 3rd strike would be “disproportionately severe.” There have been various reactions to this; the most extreme I have heard came from the bill’s proponent [...]
Tags: Jurisprudence · Justice
Blackout Victory: s92a Stalled
February 24th, 2009 3 Comments
The internet blackout is at an end and the government has responded; s92a of the Copyright Act has been officially stalled and looks rather doomed. The Herald reports: Section 92a was to have come into force this weekend, but Mr Key said it would be delayed a month while ISPs and copyright holders continued efforts [...]
Tags: Human Rights · Justice · Liberty
The Blogosphere Blacks Out
February 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Tumeke report that most of the NZ blogosphere has gotten behind the blackout, blacking out chunks of their pages and/or running banners highlighting the campaign. Tim made this mosaic showing the impact on the front pages of NZ’s top 50 or so blogs – you can see MandM towards the bottom right corner.The government really [...]
Tags: Human Rights · Justice · Liberty
Internet Blackout
February 18th, 2009 2 Comments
Over recent years [read: under the previous Labour government] we have been increasingly concerned at ill thought out, badly drafted legislation that removes power from the judiciary and confers it on other bodies within society that are not subject to the rules of evidence and due process. The anti-smacking bill is an obvious example. The [...]
Tags: Human Rights · Justice · Liberty
