Wednesday 2:57pm (17th June 2009)

Against Internet Disconnection: Clare Curran, Kiwiblog, InternetNZ, ISPANZ..
This week has seen the s92A review under criticism for not reviewing one of the most contentious issues: that of internet disconnection rather than targeted fines. The reasons against internet disconnection are numerous, and ISPANZ President Jamie Baddeley says terminating Internet accounts to address copyright infringement is a fundamentally flawed approach, "It is a crude instrument with a shotgun-like approach that will not address the majority of offenses. We would expect that addressing this issue and finding an alternative solution is the first order of business.. Labour's Clare Curran wrote "I don’t want to pre-empt that process. But to be frank it doesn’t look promising. [...] Terminating internet accounts is a major point of contention. Financial penalties would likely be more effective". Finally Kiwiblog says "What would be useful is for the Government to clearly state that they are open to solutions that do not involved termination of Internet accounts."