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  • NZ copyright protest blockades parliament

    Some 120 protesters descended upon New Zealand's Parliament today in Wellington to deliver petitions expressing concern over sections of the new Copyright Act which will force ISPs to disconnect customers who have allegedly infringed copyright.

  • NZ wants bigger copyright watchdog

    The New Zealand Government has released a discussion document for public consultation that calls for more powers for the Copyright Tribunal.

  • New copyright act to hit NZ ISPs

    2009 will force New Zealand's ISPs to come to grips with an amended Copyright Act, which includes a provision forcing them to disconnect customers who have allegedly infringed copyright.

  • MP3 site just a search engine: AU ISP

    The Internet company targeted by the music industry over alleged copyright breaches, ComCen, has denied it hosted any copyright-infringing MP3 files on its servers and claims the Web site cited in the civil action brought against it acted only as a search engine.

  • MP3 site removed after Aust court hearing

    The Web site at the heart of a legal battle between several music behemoths and Australian ISP ComCen was taken down this morning at 11.30 am.

Blogs (5)

  • Read the blog post - Jude Willis

    Gutless studios have the wrong target

    I have one word for the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT). Gutless.

  • Read the blog post - Juha Saarinen

    S92 redux: It's back

    Termination of file-sharing internet users' accounts is coming up for New Zealanders again.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Does Conroy's FUD make a Ludd of Rudd?

    Pretty soon, the government will be screening and filtering our email as well as making blogs like this one disappear.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Welcome to National Censorship Day

    Conroy's blind adherence to his net filtering plan will abandon net neutrality ideals and push ISPs down a slippery slope of unprecedented responsibility for a callously politicised Australian internet.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Once a pit bull, Terria is losing its bite

    The inference that Soul, AAPT and TransACT were Dead Telcos Walking long before their withdrawals were announced makes me wonder whether Terria has always been, God help us all, just as flimsy a proposition as Telstra has made it out to be.

Features and Case Studies (9)

  • The war on file sharing hits Australia

    Cover the windows, stay indoors and bunker down the war on file sharing has reached Australian shores. Copyright owners have a fair claim to their content, but is it fair to saddle ISPs with the responsibility of policing their users? And should copyright enforcers be able to steal our privacy?

  • Exetel boss bets against NBN and Quigley

    Boss of internet service provider Exetel, John Linton, says the National Broadband Network should be handed to the only company that can build it Telstra and he's not impressed by NBN Co chief Mike Quigley.

  • Just what is behind the iiNet case?

    Landmark Federal Court legal action by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) against ISP iiNet highlights the competing interests of ISPs and rights holders in respect of unauthorised filesharing, and should expose the inability of the Australian Copyright Act to satisfactorily resolve the issue.

  • Why open source is bad for Australia

    Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. Additional reading: Why one Norwegian city switched to Linux

  • Part II: Lundy vs. Williams

    This is the second part of our Q&A series between IT Minister Daryl Williams and his political foe, Kate Lundy. To read Part I, please click here.

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