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  • 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.

  • NZ kills copyright amendment

    New Zealand's controversial amendment to its Copyright Act, known as Section 92A, will be scrapped in its current form, NZ Commerce Minister Simon Power announced today.

  • New Zealand delays copyright amendment

    In the wake of widespread online and physical protests at impending copyright legislation, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has announced a month's delay in the rules to give the industry time to come up with a workable solution.

  • 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.

  • Studios sue iiNet over video piracy

    iiNet was today dragged into the federal court as major film studios filed a case against the ISP for allegedly letting its users download pirated movies and television series.

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    Defend copyright: Take NZ off the internet

    We're not thinking outside the box enough on the problem of copyright criminality. I would like to propose a solution to that.

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    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

    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.

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    Linux users are safe even if the courts rule in favour of the SCO Group, says one technology law expert. Is it time for the IT industry to move on?

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    Cheap shot or brilliant tactical move? Whichever the case, one can't help but question the timing of the SCO Group's latest legal wrangle.

  • Optical networking: The next generation

    Forget Internet2. The National LambdaRail is the most ambitious network research project going. But can it save the optical networking industry?

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