InternetNZ thanks Executive Director
Keith’s contract as Executive Director will expire at the 2009 AGM. He has agreed to continue working for InternetNZ in a part time contractors role with a focus on technical and international representation.
Keith has been Executive Director of InternetNZ for four years and was President for the preceding four years. His first involvement in the organisation in an official capacity was when he stood for the organisation’s Council in 1998, becoming Treasurer. Read more
InternetNZ supports Internet Awards
InternetNZ is pleased to announce its support for the 2009 Australia and New Zealand Internet Best Practice Awards to be held in October, as well as the 2009 Liz Dengate Thrush Internet Awards to be held in August.
2009 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND INTERNET BEST PRACTICE AWARDS
The Internet Best Practice Awards are organised by the Australian domain name administrator auDA in full collaboration with InternetNZ. The awards recognise organisations, businesses, groups and individuals that have made significant contributions towards the security, openness, diversity and accessibility of the Internet.
The Awards were launched last week in conjunction with the 35th meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in Sydney. The categories are: Read more
InternetNZ launches .nz awareness campaign
InternetNZ is pleased to announce the launch of an online awareness campaign highlighting New Zealand’s domain name space.
The campaign, titled .nz is our home, emphasises the value that .nz domain names can deliver for New Zealanders, and raises awareness of the systems the InternetNZ Group has in place to protect the rights of domain name holders.
An online video series has been created, featuring people associated with a range of second level domains including .co.nz, .ac.nz, .org.nz, .school.nz, .net.nz, geek.nz, .maori.nz, .mil.nz and .govt.nz. Read more
NZFACT backdown welcome – InternetNZ
InternetNZ has today asserted that NZFACT is sowing confusion regarding recent moves by the French Government to respond to an adverse judicial ruling on copyright issues.
The French Government, responding to the decision by the Constitutional Council to strike out termination of Internet accounts as a possible remedy in copyright law, has said that it will continue to implement the notices regime set out in the law.
“The upshot of the Council’s decision is that termination is off the table in France,” says InternetNZ Executive Director Keith Davidson. Read more
InternetNZ files IP Interconnection submission
Late last week, InternetNZ filed a submission with the Commerce Commission relating to IP Interconnection.
InternetNZ considers that regulation of IP Interconnection, in the broad sense outlined in the submission, is necessary.
However, there are benefits in seeking to achieve sector-wide agreement on as many issues as possible, and the Society has suggested some ways in which this might be achieved. We propose that innovative solutions should be sought to: Read more
InternetNZ welcomes French ruling on copyright
InternetNZ welcomes a ruling by France’s highest constitutional authority that terminating Internet accounts of copyright infringers is unconstitutional.
The French law, adopted in May, would have seen a ‘three-strikes’ system implemented, with people’s Internet connections able to be cut-off based on mere allegations of infringement.
However, the Constitutional Council of France has ruled that the law contravenes Articles 9 and 11 of the 1789 Declaration, which enshrine presumption of innocence and the freedom of speech. Read more
92A: Termination should be off the table
InternetNZ today calls on the Minister of Commerce, Simon Power, to make sure that the review of s92A of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act does not repeat the mistakes the previous law made.
“Termination should be off the table,” says InternetNZ Executive Director Keith Davidson.
“Nobody condones copyright abuse, but the termination of a household or business Internet account is totally out of proportion to the alleged offence.
“If the aim of the review is to find a way to reduce people’s abuse of copyright, it should legislate for a notice system where people who are alleged to be infringing copyright get a notice educating them about the problem. Read more
The Browser - May 2009
The May 2009 issue of InternetNZ’s monthly newsletter, The Browser, is now available on the InternetNZ website at:
http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/browser/
IPv6 live at FX Networks
FX Networks has announced that its national Internet backbone is natively running Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in parallel with IPv4 and is available for customers to use.
Read more here.