Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: We are all Twitter, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
The job of enforcing this lies with the police, to whom the Electoral Commission refers these matters: yo, police, Twitter account “NZerforNZFirst” tweeted “don’t fuget to vot winstin da man” at 11am on polling day, can you look into it? That sort of thing.
So 10,000 people could self-report? Not saying they should, but presumably they could.
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Hard News: We are all Twitter, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Graeme, how much ability would the NZ authorities have to seek information on Twitter users in the US?
Rick’s comment above suggests that the Norwich Pharmacal rule means they could. Whether they would is another matter.
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Hard News: We are all Twitter, in reply to Robert Fox,
How did West Ham go this season?
Finished bottom and relegated.
I know. I just wanted Pete to say it :-)
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Hard News: We are all Twitter, in reply to Rick Shera,
Can’t imagine many people (incl the Electoral Commission) having the wherewithal or inclination to bring an action against Twitter in California to find the ID multiple of pseudonymous tweeters.
Oddly enough, that's what happened in the South Tyneside case -- although, obviously, that was a libel action pursued by the council leader (with public money?) rather than a prosecution.
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Hard News: We are all Twitter, in reply to Peter Darlington,
How the world turns eh?
How did West Ham go this season?
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Hard News: Someone has to be accountable…, in reply to 3410,
I guessed that. Does that mean you can say any more?
It seems prudent to be discreet about it for now.
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Hard News: Someone has to be accountable…, in reply to 3410,
RB,
care to expand on this?To do with the comments I removed on Saturday. They were getting someone into serious trouble.
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Speaker: Bad Aid: How Murray McCully is…, in reply to Terence Wood,
Thanks everyone for your comments. On recent form that power will likely go off here shortly, taking with it my internet access, but a couple of quick points.
Just to explain, Terence isn't in Wellington as per his profile info, but Honiara.
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The depressing thing is that this is basically the way McCully habitually treats positions of responsibility.
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Hard News: Mercury Special, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Hamish's pronouncement was that it was the best concert by a NZer he has ever seen. Which went then into his "NZ is a cultural wasteland these days. The arts are dying here. The artists who make it don't take government money. The whole funding mechanism is broken down" etc. Believe me, this argument went on ALL DAY.
Rhian's had $15,000 in video funding and been on three hit discs, but basically is the kind of artist who can pay the bills with film and commercial work. Note his extensive experience there.
Not everyone has the skills or makes the kind of music to be able to do that. There's no shame in getting a little help from NZ On Air, at all.
Let's look at Ladi6 -- who won a Pacific Music Award last night and the Taite Music Prize last month, and is playing shows across Europe. She's had two rounds of album funding plus several videos, hit discs, etc. Funding has no bearing on the quality of her work.
Feel free to use this in arguments with Hamish.