Re: Elections and FLOSS

Elroy <[email protected]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:16:40 +1300
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.new-zealand.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>

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Labour will introduce a bill within 90 days of taking office to remove 
from the Copyright Act
the ability to introduce account suspension for infringing file sharing 
as a remedy the District
Court can impose.
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Interesting...






Jaco wrote:
> There has been a semi-extensive discussion re FLOSS & ICT-policies in
> general on the NZOSS list, not just the points raised by Labour or the
> Greens (but talking from a personal bias, I'm very encouraged by the
> cooperation between Ms.Curran & Mr.Hughes)
>
> - J
>
> On 11/11/8 0:55 , Alexander Taler wrote:
>> Hi everyone, I was surprised to discover FLOSS appearing in
>> Labour's election platform. The Greens mention it too, but I
>> couldn't find any reference on the National website. Anyone have
>> any knowledge where they stand on the matter?
>>
>> Labour's discussion was pretty lengthy, including these two
>> highlights:
>>

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