New Zealand's Internet Blackout Campaign  

frogblog has a report on opposition to draconian new copyright laws in New Zealand - Internet blackout gathers steam.

The Creative Freedom Foundation’s internet blackout campaign is gathering steam, and very rightly seeks to pressure Cabinet into killing off the new s92a of the Copyright Act, due to come into force next week.

These are just some of the excellent banners that are going up all over the place in support of the campaign. People are also turning their Facebook, Twitter and other avatars black.

Do you think it is all right for people to be denied their internet access based solely on an accusation, without due process?

Do you think that ISPs and website owners should have to suddenly become experts in copyright law in order to defend their patch or customers from vexatious accusations?

Do you think that such a regulation is even remotely workable, or does it go against everything that this government campaigned on? The Bill was Labour’s baby, but it was supported by national and others and now they are reluctant to acknowledge and correct their mistake.

My favourite summary is by Juha over at geekzone, and it is well covered twice by Kiwiblog as well, who tries to get the Nats off the hook. The Greens and the Maori parties were the only ones to vote against this rubbish in the first place. Public address has a post with the actual section of the Act here. Why not join the fight and join the fun?