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I’ve blacked out the blog’s banner images for the week as part of the “Black Out” protest at the mad new Copyright Act amendments being introduced in New Zealand.

Juha at Techsploder has a good summary of the law’s implications.  It’s a stupid law that effectively threatens NZ Internet users with cutting off their connection if they are merely accused (accused – not convicted!) of copyright violation. As Juha explains:

“I’m a “content creator” and a rights holder due to my work as a writer, but the new law won’t help me one iota. It’s there for the large entertainment organisations to terrorise Internet users. This is an important point to bear in mind, that the new law isn’t going to help artists and others rights holders.”