Last month protests from bloggers and internet activists led Prime Minister John Key to delay new controversial new copyright rules till March 27 so that telcos and copyright owner groups could work out a code of practice.But yesterday TelstraClear – New Zealand’s third biggest telco behind Telecom and Vodafone – said it was not prepared to take part in the code and bolster a poorly drafted law that was bad for its customers.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10561215TelstraClear pullout derails section 92 talks
The government’s request for ISPs and rights holders to reach a voluntary agreement on delayed copyright legislation has been thrown into chaos by the withdrawal of TelstraClear from key talks, which needed unanimous, UN Security Council-style consensus.On February 23, the government suspended Section 92A of the Copyright Amendment (New Technologies) Act, which had been due to come into force on February 28.
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/telstraclear-pullout-derails-section-92-talks-77173InternetNZ: new copyright law impossible without TelstraClear
S92 should now be repealed altogether, InternetNZ says. Implementation of the controversial clause of the delayed copyright law, and the associated ISP code of practice, without the third-largest internet service provider on board would “invite disaster.”User advocate and .nz domain name commercial administrator InternetNZ says TelstraClear’s decision to bail on the Telecommunications Carriers’ Forum (TCF) copyright code of practice means the government should promptly repeal s92.
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/internetnz-new-copyright-law-impossible-without-telstraclear-77897
nz: TelstraClear snubs internet law agreement
Last month protests from bloggers and internet activists led Prime Minister John Key to delay new controversial new copyright rules till March 27 so that telcos and copyright owner groups could work out a code of practice.