Please join me in the blackout protest of the Section 92 of the Copyright Amendment Act, dubbed "Guilt by Accusation" bill which goes into law at the end of February. Read all about it by clicking here.
This law will affect everybody in NZ, including you!! If you are accused, not convicted, of downloading anything copyrighted, you face having the ISP forced to cut your internet connection. I support copyright protection, but this threatens personal freedoms. Draconian punitive actions are taken without being proven guilty by a jury of your peers. Scary stuff. It becomes law late this month. Please join the blackout protest by blacking out all of your profile pictures online to symbolise the dark age New Zealand will enter if this bill becomes law. Kiwis only please sign the on-line petition at http://creativefreedom.org.nz .
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Great that you've taken the opportunity to post this on your blog Beverly as it doesn't fit in to post it on my Border Crossing Blog. It's good to see the issue building momentum. I'm not usually politically motivated but think this requires action. Will look at your new website in more detail when I have more time. best wishes, Wendy
It's good to see the momentum building on this important issue. Likewise, I'm not very political myself. But this is an exception.
Regards. Beverly
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