Public Briefing on ACTA: Auckland, 24 March – InternetNZ

InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) is inviting the public to find out more about the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement at a briefing in Auckland next Wednesday afternoon.

“ACTA is something anyone interested in the Internet should know a bit about,” says Policy Director Jordan Carter.

“The meeting on Wednesday is a chance for people to find out more about it.”

Speakers at the meeting will include:

* Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
* Colin Jackson – a Wellington consultant and blogger at IT.gen.nz
* Jonathon Penney – the 2010 Cyberlaw Fellow at Victoria University of
Wellington
* Jordan Carter - Policy Director, InternetNZ Read more

WIP survey shows importance of Internet

The NZ World Internet Project Survey of over 1200 New Zealanders has revealed that 83% are now using the Internet, up from 79% in 2007.

Significantly, the proportion of Internet users using broadband has risen to 82%, up from 67% in 2007, with dial-up use declining.

Two thirds of survey respondents said the Internet was so important to their everyday lives that losing access to it would be a problem, and nearly half of users report using social networking sites, notably Facebook. Read more

Michael Geist to keynote PublicACTA - InternetNZ

InternetNZ is excited to announce that renowned Canadian law professor Michael Geist, a world authority on technology law issues, will be the keynote speaker at the PublicACTA event, being held in Wellington on 10 April 2010.

“We are delighted that Professor Geist is able to make it to New Zealand to contribute to the debate around the ACTA negotiations,” says InternetNZ Policy Director Jordan Carter.

PublicACTA is being held the weekend before the next round of ACTA negotiations in Wellington, 12-16 April 2010. Read more

InternetNZ to take public message to ACTA negotiators

Media Release - 2 March 2010 - InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) will assist the public in voicing its concerns about the controversial international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) through an open conference to be held next month in Wellington, New Zealand.

“We’re going to give the public the chance to have their say - in contrast to the secrecy of the negotiation process,” says Jordan Carter, InternetNZ Policy Director.

PublicACTA will be held on Saturday, 10 April 2010, two days ahead of Round 8 of the ACTA negotiations on 12-16 April in Wellington. The outputs of PublicACTA will be provided to the New Zealand government negotiators.

PublicACTA will be an open and public opportunity for people to critique the known and likely content of the ACTA proposals, providing a counterpoint to the secrecy of the negotiations. Read more

InternetNZ member consultations

InternetNZ is holding its annual round of member consultations in Auckland and Wellington in late February.

We will work through the budget and business plan for the 2010/11 year and listen to members’ feedback and suggestions.

Guest presenter is US-based Gordon Cook, author of the “Cook Report” who will talk on the effects of fibre networks on net neutrality, content market developments and how people use the Internet.

The 2010/11 Business Plan will be released for the first time at these meetings. After the Wellington meeting we’ll make it available on the website and encourage debate on the members list about its content, for those of you who cannot make the meetings.

Given the interest in the material and the fact that space is limited, please RSVP to RSVP@internetnz.net.nz if you would like to attend. We don’t want to undercater!

Meeting Details:
Auckland - 6.00pm, 22 February
Rendezvous Hotel

Wellington - 6.00pm, 24 February
Intercontinental Hotel

Please email rsvp@internetnz.net.nz

InternetNZ appoints Chief Executive Officer

InternetNZ is pleased to announce the appointment of Vikram Kumar as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Vikram will be responsible to the elected InternetNZ Council for oversight of staff and managing the work of the offices of the Policy Unit and the Shared Services Unit.

InternetNZ President Frank March says “We look forward to working with Vikram in pursuit of our objectives - a high performance Internet with unfettered access for all.”

Vikram was previously with the State Services Commission since November 2004 in three roles: Manager Strategy and Innovation; Programme Manager Future Services; and Principal Advisor ICT.  Prior to this he was Business Technology Manager – Projects at Telecom New Zealand from 2001 to 2004. Read more

InternetNZ rejects centrally operated filtering for New Zealand

InternetNZ has today released a position paper that responds to the development by the Department of Internal Affairs of the “Digital Child Exploitation Filtering System”.

The position paper rejects centralised filtering as an acceptable approach for New Zealand to take. It sets out the basis for this position, and calls on the Department to conduct a thorough study of the extent of access of child abuse material on the Internet and the best ways of addressing it.

“InternetNZ supports a safe environment for people online, and absolutely deplores the availability and use of child abuse material,” says InternetNZ Policy Director Jordan Carter.

“However, a government filtering system, centrally operated, is not the answer. It risks leaving parents feeling that the Government is providing a safe environment, but it cannot deliver on that promise. The filter would only help at the margin, and child abuse material would still be available on the Internet. Read more

Internet reaches critical turning point

(Published on behalf of the New Zealand IPv6 Taskforce)

The global Internet has reached a critical turning point and New Zealand industry needs to sit up and take notice.

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