In New Zealand a new amendment to the copyright laws is about to come into force that will introduce the three strikes and you're out regulations that we now have in Australia.

These mean that ordinary netizens can be disconnected from the Internet by their ISP on the basis of intrusive research that in the past (in the US) has proven to be inaccurate on occasion.

Imagine: no trial, no jury, no come backs. You might imagine that you were in a Kafka novel and when you wake up will be a cockroach. We all need to be aware that in New Zealand there are some very vocal people who believe that this concept is wrong.

I am not suggesting that content creators should not be rewarded for their efforts. Quite the contrary. But if you look at the data on P2P as Tom and I do with some degree of intensity you may find that the truth about P2P is quite different from what you are led to believe in the media. We will be issuing a report on how new trends in content consumption in Australia, and what they mean to content owners, creators, and businesses that utilise content of one kind or another. And we feel that the opportunities for owners of copyrights and content are going to be significantly enhanced as a result of P2P – and what's more we have the data to back it up. This is a great opportunity for content owners, but not if they criminalize their customers:

Remember, if you sh*t on your customers' heads they are unlikely to keep on coming back and buying stuff from you.

So check out the Creative Freedom website where all the news on this topic is centalized.

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