Govt's 'Skynet' legislation becomes law - Audio

A NEW system is urgently needed to properly reward copyright owners. Treating the public like naughty children (and punishing them like criminals) in the meantime is an antiquated idea that needs to GO. Reminds me a bit of the ludicrous un-reality surrounding the current soft-drug prohibition laws. Too bad those of us who actually see what the real story is know better than to get involved with Politics.....ever tried banging your head against a brick wall? It hurts.

So now we can't share our music with friends. Whats the difference from some1 sharing via torrent or taking thier 10,000 or so songs/vids to a friends house on a portable hard drive and transferring them to their computer directly. Then that friend shares with his/her other friends the same way etc etc. Its the same thing just not online. Or just lending them a CD for that matter and they can copy songs to their puter. Where does it end?? STUPID

Funny thing is that if they do manage to completely eliminate piracy they will effectively shut down the music and film industries. Those people that pirate are also generally the ones spending most of the money on music and movies. So if I can't download a movie and watch it before i decide if its worth buying then can you please put in a clause that says I can return rubbish movies if I buy them then find that I don't like them?

So we now have to pay for those files(taxable) the court gets fines (money for the government) Any one else see a trend here. But the money eyed nature of our government doesnt surprise me what really bothers me is the government is using emergency legislation for Christchurch earthquake to pass a bill that had nothing to do with the earthquake? maybe someone should look at this procedure, is this even legal in terms of emergency law passing? I agree that with respect to the earthquake the government should have the power to act quickly but last time a checked file sharing does not come under this portfolio.

Dictatorship at its bes! Do what you want and give the people no right no matter what! I can see this getting really messy. Maybe we will be like Libya or Egypt soon. sticking up for these backstabbing richos

Well file sharing does cause earthquakes. You can move a lot of mass in a very short time, a great distance. Causing a lot of damage, wiki leaks is an example. There is nothing more ridiculous than government laws to stop the earth from moving. It will not obey politics. The earth's core, responsible for techtonic plate movement does not take orders from government. Neither will the earths population "obey" such a stupid law. It does not matter how logical it is. The earth itself is not ruled by logic, but instead forces of nature more powerful than angry citizens that oppose mind control. How very dumb the government is.

How can people put the value back if there are no rules permitting fair use (satire), we have been robbed of our rights.

This seems to be a reoccouring trend with the govenrment, if you actually know anything about it you are excluded from the debate so as not to upset the stupid and their assumptions. I object to this and the policy itself. Will they cut off power from people who are accused of leaving their lights on to late next? I also object to the idea that the accused has to provide proof of their innocence, guilty until proven innocent and decisions made by the lowest common denominator. What a great country we live in, for the time being at least.

Hmm...Im curious whether this is only limited to file sharing programs(torrents) Direct downloads may be uneffected.

My 7 year old cousin and heaps of other kids I know download music, movies illegally. This will not stop it and its pretty much spitting in the face of human rights. A good film to watch about this type of issue is "RIP! A Remix Manifesto"