A happy update on ‘Copyright vs. Free Speech and The Smacking Referendum’
(crossposted from CreativeFreedom.org.nz)
As an update to our earlier story on should-a.com and the referendum question 
we’re very pleased to see that Dylan Reeve from Should-A.com and the Electoral Enrolment Centre have reached agreement on the use of Crown Copyright images. Good on the EEC for not taking a heavy handed approach towards this kind of free speech. As Kiwiblog comments , it highlights the need for good copyright that “protects fair use and free speech by allowing satire and parody.” Update (later that day): PublicAddress.net have a thoughtful story on this
