Paul’s spending more time round the back of the house and has plenty of time to consider pressing issues like Copyright legislation.
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Earlier this month, public submissions closed on a new government proposal to tighten up copyright laws. There are plans to allow internet service providers to cut off your internet access if you’re caught downloading material that you haven’t paid for. For many years, the music and movie industries have been struggling to change young people’s downloading habits and to curb copyright abuse, but it seems they have made little progress. So, will these tough new measures help to change young people’s downloading habits for the better, or is it a lost cause? Jehan Casinader is a Wellington-based journalist and youth affairs commentator.
MsBehaviour from theG33kshow.com says that artists across the world are taking their careers into their own hands, opting out of the ‘All Rights Reserved’ way of thinking, and publishing under Creative Commons (CC) licenses, to encourage mashups and remixes of their work. But what is it and how does it work? All the show notes are over at The Big Idea.
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Paul Brislen explains where negotiations are at between the parties responsible for getting a code of practice together that will interpret Section 92A of the Copyright Bill. Will a code be created in time before the law is implemented? And as always Paul gives his 2 cents on the madness that is the blackout. Paul Brislen loves technology – find him at his blog
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Tech broadcaster Leo Laporte weighs into the Section 92a Copyright debate with some of the reasons why he is so concerned for New Zealand and other jurisdictions who may introduce overly onerous Copyright laws.
Along with high profile Tech commentators Stephen Fry and Cory Doctorow, Leo Laporte has blacked out his social media profile pics. Leo can be found netcasting at TWIT.TV. This interview was also broadcast on the Twit Live Network, you can find a downloadable video of this interview at OD.TV.
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MsBehaviour gives a roundup of all the action on and off the web during the Blackout protest against S92A of the Copyright Act in New Zealand. She reports that from small beginning’s at Kiwi Foo Camp the Blackout campaign has reached the far corners of the internet in less than 48 hours. All the show notes are up at theg33kshow.com.
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The Green Party have been opponents to Section 92A of the Copyright Act but how vocal have they been in fighting the amendment and do they intend on pressuring the government in the debating chamber? Green MP Metiria Turei explains the options open to the government to delay the Section coming into force on the 28th February.
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While playing Blackout Bingo Russell Brown explains that Section 92A of the Copyright Amendment Act is extraordinary in that no other jurisdiction in the world has implemented such extreme measures to enforce copyrights. But what can be done to prevent this legislation coming into effect on the 28th February? Russell Brown is chief blogger at publicaddress.net.
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