internet Archive

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  Swiss copyright report on time - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  The Swiss Government has just completed a new copyright report where the overall conclusion is that the current copyright law, under which downloading copyrighted material for personal use is permitted, doesn’t have to change. As Cory Doctorow points out “It’s a rare victory for evidence-based policy in a world dominated by shrill assertions of lost [...] read more
  December 6, 2011 9:52 am - 7 Comments
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  Pirates in Parliament - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  Fifteen Pirate Party MPs were just elected in Berlin State, Germany. Will we ever see the skull and cross-bones flag flying over the Beehive and what does it all mean for politics? read more
  September 25, 2011 11:27 am - 20 Comments
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  NetHui - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  Today I’m back again at the Nethui conference, which is bringing together a wide variety of people involved with internet issues. It’s the only conference I’ve been at where I feel comfortable tapping away at my laptop and Blackberry, because everyone else seems to be. I just feel left out not having an iPad. Interestingly, [...] read more
  June 30, 2011 9:24 am - 6 Comments
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  Double double-standards on internet termination? - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  Labour’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maryan Street is criticising National for their double standard of supporting strong statements at the UN against internet termination whilst bringing in the ‘Skynet’ Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Act that allows it locally, an issue I blogged on earlier in the week. Labour says: [the Act]…allows the Government by Order in [...] read more
  June 17, 2011 1:23 pm - 5 Comments
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  UN: Internet termination breaches human rights - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  One of the main reasons the Green Party opposed the new controversial file-sharing law passed under urgency was that it still contained internet termination as a potential remedy. I argued at the time it was disproportionate, wouldn’t work, and took away a modern human right. More and more of our democracy, interaction with Government departments, [...] read more
  June 4, 2011 5:38 pm - 29 Comments
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  Podcast: why you should care about the file sharing law - by frog

  
  
  
  In this podcast, Green Party ICT Spokesperson Gareth Hughes talks about the new file sharing law – what it means, why non-nerds should be worried about it too, and what can be done from here. read more
  May 27, 2011 11:56 am - 3 Comments
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  File-sharing politics online - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  Last night I hosted a very successful online public meeting to talk about the new online copyright changes. It was great to use web streaming technology to host a meeting that meant people from across the country could tune in, but most importantly meant people could make comments, discuss and ask questions online in real [...] read more
  May 26, 2011 5:28 pm - 6 Comments
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  Online public meeting on new file sharing law - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  This Wednesday at 7pm I’m hosting an online public meeting, streaming live from here, with Kiwi tech experts to discuss the recently introduced Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) legislation and what it means for the public. We’ll be discussing this controversial legislation which was passed under urgency, looking at how the legislation will affect users, how [...] read more
  May 24, 2011 8:48 am - 2 Comments
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  Ultra-Fast Broadband truce - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  Better broadband is essential for New Zealand’s future. Everyone agrees with that, but no one, it seems, is happy with the direction the Government is taking to achieve it. An impressive number of telcos and industry watchdogs have joined together today to oppose the Government’s Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) plan because of its negative impacts on [...] read more
  April 11, 2011 4:57 pm - No Comments
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  Issues facing the internet – online videos - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  A couple of weeks ago InternetNZ interviewed me as a part of their Net Talk series.  In the videos below, I’m speaking with Vikram Kumar, the CEO of InternetNZ, on issues facing the Information Technology sector. In the first video, we discuss social media and politicians, the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill and international [...] read more
  March 9, 2011 11:18 am - 3 Comments
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  Bad telecommunications call by Joyce - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  Steven Joyce is noted more for ramming motorways through and manipulating public consultations than for following fair process and he has given the nation a week to read, analysis and prepare submissions on his re-writing of the Telecommunications Act. It’s a bad call. He introduced it as a Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) or amendment to [...] read more
  February 17, 2011 12:05 am - 2 Comments
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  Digital copyright and suspending suspension - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  I may be a geek, but not the type that can fix your computer. I love technology, and even though I haven’t had a huge history of looking into tech and copyright issues, I really enjoyed hearing submissions on the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill. The Bill essentially sets out a three-strike “notice and [...] read more
  November 3, 2010 1:42 pm - 48 Comments
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  NZ Government to censor the internet - by Metiria Turei

  
  
  
  Thomas Beagle sent me an email about Net censorship which has taken me a while to respond to. But since the issue is so significant, I thought I would respond here. Thomas has exposed the issue publicly though an OIA and provided significant information about it. The Department of Internal Affairs has undertaken a trial [...] read more
  July 17, 2009 3:32 pm - 43 Comments
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  ISP’s are not cheap bullyboys for BigCorps - by Metiria Turei

  
  
  
  News that Telstra Clear has pulled out of the code of practice being drafted by the Telecommunications Carriers Forum (TCF) shows that the whole proposal for a code on the back of the draconian s92A, legislation was doomed to fail. Telstra rightly opposed the law and and have decided they can’t continue to support it, [...] read more
  March 12, 2009 9:07 am - 7 Comments
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  What’s the public good of broadcasting? - by frog

  
  
  
  I feel a certain amount of sympathy for the National Party over its beratable broadcasting policy.  The nature of media has changed so much in recent years that the debate can no longer be easily defined as either public or private.  With a multitude of television stations, radio networks and print publications available, many operating [...] read more
  July 8, 2008 10:35 am - 24 Comments