Blackout protest against 'guilt upon accusation' copyright law reaches Parliament and TV news
TV3 News has shown a clip about Thursday’s demonstration outside of Parliament. The demonstration is part of the campaign against the ‘guilt upon accusation’ copyright law, Section 92A of the Copyright Act.
Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Director of the Creative Freedom Foundation, gives a good summary of the problem with Section 92A when interviewed:
This law will remove New Zealanders’ fundamental right to being presumed innocent until proven guilty. That’s not something that artists want done in their name.
TWFYNZ on the News
Towards the end of the news clip TV3 show a screenshot of the TheyWorkForYou.co.nz website to show its blackout protest theme … they didn’t get copyright permission to do so.
Thu 19th Feb 2009
