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General Discussion / The NZ government - Flipping the bird to the UNs Human Rights report
« on: June 07, 2011, 02:51:22 am »
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/5110681/Copyright-law-will-not-change
Namely, this part.
Putting aside the fact that I was already a huge critic of this law in the first place, going against a world-wide organization that has a better grasp of the facts at whole for reasons that are transparent at best and not there at all is just too much to bare for me. I mean really, does anyone really have the power to deny birth-given rights? Whilst that goes into a whole other topic, I personally think that the government really needs to think long and hard about their reasons of keeping this law intact, which, mind you, was entered on the back of the Christchurch emergency power.
Namely, this part.
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The Government will not revisit a controversial law that allows internet providers to disconnect users for alleged copyright infringements, despite a UN report that said internet access was a human right.
In a recent report on internet freedoms, UN special rapporteur Frank La Rue said he was "alarmed by proposals to disconnect users from internet access if they violate intellectual property rights".
That included laws that would introduce a graduated response, whereby a series of penalties could lead to the suspension of internet services.
New Zealand recently passed legislation that would allow internet service providers (ISPs) to send up to three infringement notices to alleged copyright infringers.
The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act also includes a provision that would allow copyright holders to apply to a court for suspension of internet services, but that would not come into force unless the Government considered the warning system was ineffective.
Putting aside the fact that I was already a huge critic of this law in the first place, going against a world-wide organization that has a better grasp of the facts at whole for reasons that are transparent at best and not there at all is just too much to bare for me. I mean really, does anyone really have the power to deny birth-given rights? Whilst that goes into a whole other topic, I personally think that the government really needs to think long and hard about their reasons of keeping this law intact, which, mind you, was entered on the back of the Christchurch emergency power.
So yea. Noooot to happy about that. The actual game looks good and from what i've heard it is but it pains me that they had the nerve to change spec needs after release. And also the fact that it has more bugs then a swamp.