Perhaps taking a cue from New Zealand rugby team the All Blacks, a group of Kiwi artists and activists are calling for an “Internet Blackout” to protest the country’s coming “three strikes” law.
The Creative Freedom Foundation believes that copyright infringement is wrong, but it argues that the proposed penalty (ISP disconnection) doesn’t fit the crime, [...]
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Kiwi “three strikes” law countered with “Internet blackout”
New Zealand: Blog ‘Blackout’ protest stalls anti-pirating law
A large swatch of New Zealand’s political blogosphere shut down its websites for a half-day on Monday, February 23 in protest of a copyright law that could have required internet service providers from disconnecting users who download pirated materials like movies or music.
Instead of being greeted by analysis and commentary, visitors to many of New [...]
New Zealand asks ISPs to censor child porn
At the end of this month, New Zealand’s ISPs are required to start disconnecting users accused of infringing copyright multiple times. ISPs are also being asked to start censoring 7,000 Web sites under a government plan to make it harder for Kiwis to access child pornography over the Internet.
New Zealand has long censored various material—the [...]