UnitedFuture calls for S92A to be repealed.
(crossposted from CreativeFreedom.org.nz)
Encouraging news has emerged from Parliament today as Peter Dunne, the Leader of the UnitedFuture party, issued a statement calling for Section 92A to be repealed. “All of us who brought in this Act last year believed we were protecting artists from piracy and illegal downloads. However, it is now clear that we have a situation where internet users are vulnerable to the mere accusation of piracy, and that is simply neither fair nor just,” Mr Dunne said…“No one supports piracy, but this clause is draconian – you don’t fix one injustice by creating another. I hope this Government will review section 92A and discard it.” Read the full Press Release here. With just over two weeks until the law is due to come into effect, the Creative Freedom Foundation urges the Government to heed Mr Dunne’s sensible advice, review S92A, and discard it. We congratulate UnitedFuture for speaking out against this, and are encouraged by the awareness they have shown of both the major problems with the legislation, and of New Zealand’s status as a lab-rat for legislation like this: “Last month the UK rejected similar laws due to ‘impracticalities and complexities’, and the European Union also rejected them saying that they were against ‘a fair balance between various fundamental rights’,” Mr Dunne said.”
