March 24 2009
The New Zealand music industry is putting a brave face on a government cave-in on new legislation that would have required Internet service providers to terminate the accounts of repeat copyright offenders. In a bitter blow for content owners, the government announced that Section 92A of the legislation – which was due to be implemented this Friday (March 27) – is to be scrapped and a new clause drawn up. Although both the copyright owners and industry body the Te