Comments on: Government Refuses to Revoke Draconian File-Sharing Law

By: Intermezzo (29) « Blue Archive

Intermezzo (29) « Blue Archive — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:41:48 +0000

[...] New Zealand: Those simply accused of file-sharing are disconnected from the Internet [...]

By: Code Aims to Quell New Zealand “3 Strikes” Fears | IDTorrent Blog

Code Aims to Quell New Zealand “3 Strikes” Fears | IDTorrent Blog — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:15:52 +0000

[...] introduction at the end of February 2009, Section 92 of the Copyright Amendment Act 2008 is causing concern for many in New Zealand, with the threat of Internet disconnection for those accused of sharing [...]

By: megaP2P

megaP2P — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:35:48 +0000

And people will share illicit content in legal photos, if disconnected they can sue ISP: http://stegoshare.sf.net

By: Det

Det — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:15:50 +0000

I laugh at how stupid they are.

If they think that it'll stop us pirating, and will help the economy, they're thicker than they sound.

We'll just buy servers overseas in countries who don't give a **** about piracy.

By: Smeggit

Smeggit — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:08:38 +0000

I say when this law comes into place the first thing to do is report the government as sharing…

By: Query: Status of “Three Strikes” laws or deals? « Arbitrary & Fanciful

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:07:49 +0000

[...] my inbox has been innundated with articles and blog posts about Section 92 of the Copyright Amendment Act in New Zealand, where a similar scheme has been [...]

By: Comcast Labels Innocent Customer a Movie Pirate | IDTorrent Blog

Comcast Labels Innocent Customer a Movie Pirate | IDTorrent Blog — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:15:33 +0000

[...] is just an exception, without any serious consequences. But what if John had lived in Ireland or New Zealand? He could have lost his Internet connection because of a mistake like this. Not to mention that if [...]

By: whats that smell

whats that smell — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:20:07 +0000

Simple solution, accuse the prime minister of file sharing see how quickly he changes his mind, FYI the broken arm on chinese new year was prob karma for taking pplz internetz

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:49:56 +0000

I'm betting it won't be repealed… but that it WILL be overturned by New Zealand's court over that 'innocent until proven guilty' thing that so many people around the world seem to forget when it isn't THEM being accused.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:48:38 +0000

The loonacy of big government kowtowing to big media companies, and giving the regular person the shaft with a razor sharp pole, with razor sharp metal studs on it!

By: Roze

Roze — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:20:40 +0000

That is unlikely that Bell Canada can cause a drug overdose, unless Bell Canada stocks up on drugs. Do you happen to know that Bell Canada deals in drugs?

By: fr33tard

fr33tard — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:56:22 +0000

was your near death experience a drug overdose?

By: Logic

Logic — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:54:54 +0000

Simple solution – accuse everyone in the NZ government of infringement.

By: R00573R

R00573R — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:55:59 +0000

Wonder if somebody reported the legislators as being pirates would they get disconnected?

By: anon

anon — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:36:15 +0000

It would be like big national sport: how many people can you get disconnected before the goverment realises what they have done.

Great idea for new reality TV show ;)

By: Stavros666

Stavros666 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:13:21 +0000

I like how your mind works. I would love to see this law backfire in the Government's face. When all the politicians and their families find they've been disconnected they might have second thoughts.

By: Takashi

Takashi — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:08:52 +0000

You don't need to spoof IP addresses or anything else

The article states that a mere accusation is enough to get people disconnected

Protest by accusing everyone on you know of illegal filesharing (hell, even people you don't know), if enough people do this then it'll make a complete mockery of the law

It'll be a crazy first few weeks as everyone gets disconnected

By: anon

anon — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:23:11 +0000

Every one is looking at it the wrong way. Like the previous article about this, there was a comments about welcoming this law and then exploiting it in the way the world have never seen. When you don't need any hard evidence to disconnect someone from the internet, then it is like the gratest thing ever. Goverment, RIANZ, all famous companies websites there and so on can be bring down very easyly thanks to this law.
This will backfire into goverment and RIANZ face when they get all disconnected. Then they realise – it was very bad idea and restore the old law.
Outcome of this fiasko: most epic lulz ever and total public humilitation of the goverment and RIANZ

Let this law pass and then exploit it.

By: New Zealand Gov’t Refuses To Remove ‘Guilt Upon Accusation’ Clause In Copyright Act

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:13:37 +0000

[...] the politicians who put the law in place clearly had their minds already made up, and are refusing to change the law, which will go into effect in just a few weeks. Apparently, they want to see how it works in [...]

By: TPile » Blog Archive » New Zealand Gov’t Refuses To Remove ‘Guilt Upon Accusation’ Clause In Copyright Act

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:15:20 +0000