New Zealand abandons ISP law
23 March 2009
Peter Ollier, Hong Kong
The New Zealand government has abandoned a controversial clause in its amended copyright Act that would have made ISPs terminate the connections of repeat copyright infringers
"Allowing section 92A to come into force in its current format would not be appropriate given the level of uncertainty around its operation," said the country's commerce minister, Simon Power, in a statement.
Section 92A of New Zealand's Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act was due to come into effect on February 28, but last month New Zealand's prime minister John Key delayed the implementation of the law by a month to give time for a voluntary code of practice to be worked out between the ISPs and the...
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