http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/4948436/Pirates-to-fight-election
The Pirate Party, which is opposed to changes to copyright law that will take effect in September, hopes to contest the party vote in the November election, aiming to emulate the success of similar parties in Europe.
The Economic Development Ministry further stoked controversy surrounding the forthcoming crackdown on internet file sharing on Friday, issuing a discussion document that suggested copyright holders might have to pay as little as $2 to send out
infringement notices under the "three strikes" regime.
The party is one of 18 pirate parties affiliated to Pirate Parties International.
Mr Fergusson said the party believed there was a place for copyright, but it wanted a regime whereby material would become freely available 10 years after it was created and a more liberal policy allowing "fair use" before then. "We want a law that is more in favour of consumers, but we wouldn't abolish copyright."
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10724422
Firefox add-on 'censorship' knocked back by Mozilla.
Mozilla has refused an ICE request to remove the MafiaaFire tool, which is an add-on for the Firefox browser, designed to find addresses to new versions of government-blocked sites.
The MafiaaFire tool for Firefox, developed by an outside party but available through Mozilla, seeks to automatically match seized names with the alternate addresses, similar to a mail-forwarding service, so that visitors can reach the sites.
Mozilla General Counsel Harvey Anderson said the DHS asked Mozilla to remove MafiaaFire from a site where Firefox users can add functions to the browser.
Anderson said the group is awaiting more information from the government before taking action.