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Creative Freedom Foundation
EU Rejects 'Guilt Upon Accusation' (sort of) http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html
Source: creativefreedom.org.nz
The New York Times reports that the European Union has rejected Guilt Upon Accusation laws (known as "Three Strikes") and guaranteed a "fair and impartial" procedure before any punishment such as internet termination. “This is a very fundamental step,” said Catherine Trautmann, a member of parliame...
Creative Freedom Foundation ACTA Treaty Draft Leaks, Calls For Guilt Upon Accusation And More http://j.mp/17eSbu
ACTA Treaty Draft Leaks, calls for Guilt Upon Accusation And More — Creative Freedom Foundation (cre
Source: j.mp
BoingBoing reports on a leaked draft of the ACTA treaty. ISPs have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material. This means that it will be impossible to run a service like Flickr or YouTube or Blogger [...] That ISPs have to cut off the Internet access of accused copyright infringer...
Creative Freedom Foundation
UK Parliamentary Enquiry into Copyright Infringement Online: 'Music Industry Failed To Adapt' http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html
UK Parliamentary Enquiry into Copyright Infringement Online: 'Music Industry Failed To Adapt' — Crea
Source: creativefreedom.org.nz
A UK Parliamentary enquiry titled “Can we keep our hands off the net?” (PDF ) has come out strongly against internet termination, blaming the music and film industry (not artists) for failing to adapt to the online environment. They say "We conclude that much of the problem with illegal sharing of c...
Creative Freedom Foundation
Study says Illegal Downloaders spend most on music http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html
Study says Illegal Downloaders spend most on music — Creative Freedom Foundation (creativefreedom.or
Source: creativefreedom.org.nz
The NZ Herald reports that "Brits who illegally download music from the internet also spend more money on music than anyone else [...] those who admit illegally downloading music spent an average of 77 pounds ( NZ$176) a year on music –33 pounds more than those who claim that they never download mu...
Creative Freedom Foundation 'All You Can Eat' Music finally reaches NZ http://j.mp/UIYHa
Source: j.mp
The NBR reports that Bandit.fm is launching within New Zealand in November , they say "In the US, some of the biggest tech buzz of the year has been generated by Spotify, an online music service that lets you stream an unlimited amount of songs via the internet each month, for a set fee, rather than...
Creative Freedom Foundation Reminder: CFF at Friday's Wellington Copyright Symposium http://j.mp/yquMi
Reminder: CFF at Friday's Wellington Copyright Symposium — Creative Freedom Foundation (creativefree
Source: j.mp
"We adopt this strategy now because there's an urgency to this debate. Over time, the space of free expression has shrunk." –Lawrence Lessig
Creative Freedom Foundation UK Law Enforcement Against Internet Termation: 'will encourage encryption, remove visibility'
UK Law Enforcement Against Internet Termation — Creative Freedom Foundation (creativefreedom.org.nz)
Source: creativefreedom.org.nz
With Arstechnica reporting that France has enacted 3 Strike laws with the blessing of their Constitutional Council comes news that UK law enforcement are against internet termination because draconian punishments will result in people using many more encrypted communications. Many file sharing clie...
Creative Freedom Foundation CFF Newsletter Oct 2009: Wellington Copyright Symposium; Replacement to 'Guilt Upon Accusation' law approaches; ACTA Update; NZer Brian Edwards says Libraries are a form of theft so the CFF respond http://j.mp/O5bGQ
Creative Freedom Foundation Newsletter, 26 October 2009 — Creative Freedom Foundation (creativefreed
Source: j.mp
In this issue: Wellington Symposium on Copyright Future; Replacement To 'Guilt Upon Accusation' Law Approaches; MED Release Table of Submissions on ACTA; and New Zealander Brian Edwards says "Public Libraries are just a Form of Theft" so the CFF respond.
Creative Freedom Foundation CFF Newsletter Oct 2009: Wgtn Copyright Symposium; New #s92A Approaches; #ACTA Update; Libraries = Theft? http://j.mp/O5bGQ
Creative Freedom Foundation Newsletter, 26 October 2009 — Creative Freedom Foundation (creativefreed
Source: j.mp
In this issue: Wellington Symposium on Copyright Future; Replacement To 'Guilt Upon Accusation' Law Approaches; MED Release Table of Submissions on ACTA; and New Zealander Brian Edwards says "Public Libraries are just a Form of Theft" so the CFF respond.
Creative Freedom Foundation The value of libraries in the world http://bit.ly/1j47Be http://bit.ly/1j47Be
Source: bit.ly
William Kamkwamba recounts his mission to overcome famine and poverty in his village by building a windmill from a picture in a library book.
Creative Freedom Foundation
Nicolas "Copyright" Sarkozy mass-pirates DVDs http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html
Nicolas "Copyright" Sarkozy mass-pirates DVDs — Creative Freedom Foundation (creativefreedom.org.nz)
Source: creativefreedom.org.nz
BoingBoing reports that "The same French president who has for the second time brought in three strikes to France has for the second time been caught infringing copyright on a large scale. The presidential audiovisual services have produced 400 unauthorized copies of the 52-minute documentary 'A vi...
Creative Freedom Foundation
Wellington Symposium: Copyright Future: Authors, owners orphans, users and repeat infringers http://creativefreedom.org.nz/story.html
Wellington Symposium: Copyright Future: Authors, owners orphans, users and repeat infringers — Creat
Source: creativefreedom.org.nz
On Friday the 30th of October the NZ Centre of International Economic Law presents a symposium with Professor Jane Ginsburg, the Copyright Tribunal's Susy Frankel, and CFF's Bronwyn Holloway-Smith from the CFF on The Copyright Future: Authors, owners orphans, users and repeat infringers: "The protec...
Creative Freedom Foundation CFF Media Release: Replacement To 'Guilt Upon Accusation' Law Approaches http://bit.ly/Z5UkN
Media Release: Replacement To 'Guilt Upon Accusation' Law Approaches — Creative Freedom Foundation (
Source: bit.ly
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 6 October 2009. The Creative Freedom Foundation say that Commerce Minister Simon Power may decide the future of the former Guilt Upon Accusation law, section 92A of the Copyright Amendment Act, within weeks. The law was described as “draconian” by Prime Minister John Key and ...
Creative Freedom Foundation Fate of Section 92A review to be decided within weeks (NZFACT want a Guilt Upon Accusation Law) http://j.mp/lpPFq #s92A #blackout
Source: creativefreedom.org.nz
Stuff.co.nz reports on a so-called "copyright crusader" (read: a Hollywood Lobbyist from Washington) who was flown over by NZFACT to argue for a return to the original Section 92A and Guilt Upon Accusation. Stunningly the article has what I believe may be the first admission from NZFACT that Secti...
Creative Freedom Foundation Friday song: A remix likely unprotected by NZ Copyright law: Carl Sagan & Stephen Hawking singing about the universe http://bit.ly/1YpEFu
Source: bit.ly
A musical tribute to two great men of science. Carl Sagan and his cosmologist companion Stephen Hawking present: A Glorious Dawn - Cosmos remixed. Almost all samples and footage taken from Carl Sagan's Cosmos and Stephen Hawking's Universe series. ...
