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| Thread ID: 96574 | 2009-01-15 05:36:00 | Section 92 - Scared? Caring? Changing habits? | Chilling_Silence (9) | Press F1 |
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| 738932 | 2009-01-16 14:07:00 | The impression I have is that the copyright holder would need to report the violation. It seems that reports are few and far between at the moment (I've been using the net since 1995 and have never been accused of piracy, despite that I pirated a LOT of stuff when I was younger). I'm not sure whether this new law would increase the frequency of reports or not (does the new law make it easier to report violations?). The other concern I have is false reports. What happens if I get accused of pirating a song that I never downloaded? What if it's a neighbour on my wifi? I will nominate you for a rocket science degree. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 738933 | 2009-01-17 07:51:00 | Hey all, So I thought I'd do a quick poll, Im curious to know the consensus from the rest of the world: Section 92a & 92c of the Copyright Amendment Act assumes you're guilty by accusation, making it possible to have your internet connection terminated immediately by your ISP without warning simply because somebody "told on you". They dont even specifically have to have credible evidence. Is this going to affect the way you browse? Will it change your habits at all? Do you care? Or dont you care? Thought of dobbing somebody in for a joke? Poll coming ... Its pretty crap thanks Judith! I thought voting national in might veto the change but it doesn't appear likely :( It wont change my own personal behavior but at work we are considering big changes to staffs casual internet use. |
razzarphenix (2626) | ||
| 738934 | 2009-01-17 22:09:00 | Think of the impact it could have on a work connection if somebody fired up an illegal download and had a corporates internet connection cut off. Imagine if an employee did that for a big company like EDS or HP or whatever ... disaster! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 738935 | 2009-01-20 00:38:00 | Think of the impact it could have on a work connection if somebody fired up an illegal download and had a corporates internet connection cut off. Imagine if an employee did that for a big company like EDS or HP or whatever ... disaster! I can name a few business' that could be affected |
lordnoddy (3645) | ||
| 738936 | 2009-01-20 00:56:00 | There is aready a law where by anyone can be guilty by accusation and it is (so far) the only law. (and no it is not peadowhatever you call its:confused: but some people may view it that way) It is the Health and Safety Act, you have to prove your innocence, not the other way around. |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 738937 | 2009-01-20 02:20:00 | I doubt ISPs would take action against corporate customers, they probably provide a nice income, and no doubt the company can probably weasel their way out of it. | Netsukeninja (13296) | ||
| 738938 | 2009-01-20 02:36:00 | So the answer then is: Dob in J. Tizzards home account Do all copyright infringement at work ;) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 738939 | 2009-01-20 04:02:00 | I recall some study that has found there is an optimal length for a line of text. I can't remember what it is, but I'm sure it is less than what you can fit on the screen viewing this site on a widescreen monitor. I can't find any option to limit the width of posts (apart from resizing the browser window). Am I blind, or is there no way to do that? I think it is about 80 characters including spaces. Its why newspapers are written in columns. /off topic |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 738940 | 2009-01-20 04:06:00 | Update on developments (Today - Jan 20th): mcgovernonline.blogspot.com creativefreedom.org.nz Last week, in a letter to Government, the New Zealand Library Association (LIANZA) called for Section 92A to be repealed, stating that the law implies "that ISPs will be required to act on accusations of illegal access of copyright materials by users (thereby reversing the legal principle that a person or organisation is deemed innocent until proved guilty)”, further stating that it could cause “the organisation (e.g. council, university, school, etc) to which the library is attached to lose all Internet access.” Can you imagine single-handedly bringing down your schools Internet access? :D |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 738941 | 2009-01-20 04:25:00 | Update on developments (Today - Jan 20th): mcgovernonline.blogspot.com creativefreedom.org.nz Can you imagine single-handedly bringing down your schools Internet access? :D Otago Uni for example will probably be brought down in a day or two. Apparently they have free unlimited access to internet, AND torrent applications, which my friends freely admitted to using as liberally as they could. |
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