Section 92a has risen like a zombie again.

Today the New Zealand government revealed the revamp of Section 92a of the Copyright law. Today was also the same day as they formally shut Parliament down for the year.

I must admit, the new law ever so slightly better than what was on the table before. Instead of losing your right to internet access for life, it’s only for six months… or you could pay a miniscule 15,000 dollar slap on the wrist. That’s really a just slap on the hand, right? Not at all excessive. No sir.

Three strikes is back, and the article is murky about whether the ISP’s are actually going to be forced to police things, but that’s still very probable.

Journo the first journalist claims that we should always end a story with an arbitrary summation of why our opinions could be wrong, so here’s a a little sliver of hope.

After reading “Account holders will be able to issue counter notices, and can request a hearing if they feel they should not be penalised,” seems like it could actually give some saftey back to NZ netzians if Section 92a passes again.

Also, boo urns to Australia ramping up their attempt at filtering  the internet. I’m sure this won’t affect New Zealand at all, our internet “tubes” aren’t tied to Australia’s information spaghetti at all.