Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: The file-sharing bill, in reply to Rex Widerstrom,
Maybe a recall option like California has? Or a simple IQ test, perhaps.
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Hard News: The file-sharing bill, in reply to vangam,
I doubt it - sounded like pure opportunism to use up the Urgency time beyond what was needed for CERA. If TPPA demands worse conditions this government will just grab their ankles tighter. And Labour will hand them the vaseline.
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Hard News: The file-sharing bill, in reply to chris,
If I wanted to impact say Starbucks or McDonalds business fortunes, could I or a group have them brought before the committee by exploiting their connections to pirate stuff?
They'll do it to each other, in some sectors
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Hard News: The file-sharing bill, in reply to Sarah Wedde,
that NZFACT press release
sadly genuine, and their happiness is all you need to notice
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Hard News: The file-sharing bill, in reply to Russell Brown,
I am not of conspiratorial mind, but I do think that has been an actual strategy this week
Oh, look - a quiet release of SCF documents:
With Parliament under urgency to pass both the guilt by accusation copyright law and the Canterbury Enabling Act 2.0, today is a good day to dump bad news. And the government has, releasing hundreds of documents related to South Canterbury Finance. The key finding so far? The company violated the terms of its guarantee within the first two months
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So, SCF was guaranteed, then asset-stripped under our noses. And yet the National government repeatedly renewed the guarantee.
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But now the government can hand-on-heart say to the negotiators of TPPA and other "free" trade agreements that they've ticked off most of what the American media/entertainment lobby has asked for. Why, lil McCully or Keyboy may even get a pat on the head for it. Approval from daddy: priceless.
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Hard News: The file-sharing bill, in reply to chris mcnair,
that haven't been adequately thought through
They were, by those who opposed the bill. The muppets you saw 'debating' it, not so much.
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Hard News: The file-sharing bill, in reply to Matthew Poole,
just who is the nanny state government
That shows the success of poorly-opposed spin. This govt are cowardly bullies who just love throwing their weight around. But, look over there..
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Up Front: Fairy-Tale Autopsies, in reply to Danyl Mclauchlan,
my memory of the film
you went and saw it with that Damien O'Connor chap, didn't you? :)
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Up Front: Fairy-Tale Autopsies, in reply to Emma Hart,
confirming comments ("yes, me too") are just as important as contradictory ones.
+1