New Zealanders: Copyright Laws and your sneaky Gov't
 

New Zealand to sneak in Internet disconnection copyright law with Christchurch quake emergency legislation

Basically, the NZ government is trying to pass a previously-rejected three-strikes internet disconnection law by attaching it to legislation dealing with the earthquakes in Christchurch. The anti-piracy bill can cause repeat offenders to lose internet access for six months.

That is effin lame!

I'm kind of worried about this. What should I do once October 1st kicks in? Do I download IP hiding software, are there any closed file sharing groups I can join? Can we do something like that on MB?

Is IP hiding software really that reliable?

I guess you should pirate like hell while you can, Vanilla :p:

That really is ridiculous. Wow.

This sounds like bull ****e.

Usually when this debate has come up in other places the ISP providers are dead against it because they don't want to lose out on profits on a whim because of the entertainment industry.

If it wasn't for that this law would be a lot more widespread.

New Zealand will be the test run. Next, the world...

they start on the other side of the world. nice.