Press Release – Anti-Bases Campaign The endlessly entertaining saga of Kim Dotcom having been illegally spied upon by the hapless NZ Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) proves that we, the Anti-Bases Campaign (ABC), can justifiably say “we told you so”. For many years …
Column – Gordon Campbell Watching a round of hair pulling and name-calling between journalists is rarely a rewarding sight, so I apologise in advance to anyone of a nervous or irritable disposition for this morning’s column. Allegedly, I have been unfair and mean to John Armstrong …
Press Release – Electronic Frontier Foundation The TPP wants service providers to undertake the financial and administrative burdens of becoming copyright cops, serving a copyright maximalist agenda while disregarding the consequences for Internet freedom and innovation.
Press Release – Green Party Joint Statement on Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, Australian Greens, Green Party of Canada) As the Green parliamentary political parties of three nations whose governments are currently in the process …
Press Release – Internet NZ The ‘Fair Deal’ coalition is pleased to announce that LIANZA (the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa) has joined the group’s ranks.
Article – Scoop News The New Zealand Herald reports that Internet law expert Judge David Harvey has stepped down from hearing the Megaupload extradition case:
Press Release – Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind The Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind (RNZFB) supports the launch of the Fair Deal cause to highlight the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and its implications on copyright.
Speech – New Zealand Labour Party About 7 or so years ago I was the head of the UN’s Humanitarian office in Jerusalem.
Article – Nethui Live Notes FTC Trifecta: the FTC’s complaints against Twitter, Facebook, and Google. And now they have added a complaint against MySpace. Will talk about how these recent cases are important milestones in the US emerging common law about privacy enforcement, …
Article – Nethui Live Notes We don’t have to seek consensus, we don’t have to write the new © act, this is just about identifying issues that should be looked at in the review of the © Act so people at the appropriate time next year can take submissions and have that …
Press Release – Internet NZ Today, a coalition of New Zealand organisations concerned about changes to New Zealand’s copyright law under the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) will gather to launch the Fair Deal cause. Fairdeal.net.nz is a place for New Zealanders to go to learn more …
Press Release – Internet Society The Internet Society welcomes the European Parliament’s rejection of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) as a strong message in favour of open and transparent processes in negotiations dealing with policy issues pertaining to the Internet. The vote followed …
