Copyright Law

A very good op-ed by Pat Pilcher in the Herald on the new copyright law:

What do you get when you combine technology ignorant law makers, a twitchy movie and music industry plus the internet? If you live in New Zealand, you get an unworkable legislative mess that can only be described as a near total lose-lose situation for everyone.

Section 92A of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act, passed last year, takes effect on February 28 and will see copyright infringers (that is anyone downloading music, movies, books, computer software and anything else copyrighted that they haven’t legitimately purchased) punished under a three strike system.

The full op-ed is worth a read. Has some good suggestions also.