http://www.greens.org.nz/sites/defa...ndment_bill.pdf

Gareth launched this 'exclusive' to Reddit today-
http://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/...only_on_reddit/

Video intro:


Copy pasta for those who are TL;DR from Reddit:

For people who looked at the pdf and thought "****... FOUR PAGES?

Using the legislation mentioned, the NZ Copyright Act 1994
Take out this line:
(1) Fair dealing with a work for the purposes of criticism or review, of that or another work or of a performance of a work, does not infringe copyright in the work if such fair dealing is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.
Add in this line:
(1) Fair dealing with a work for the purposes of criticism or review, of that or another work or of a performance of a work, does not infringe copyright in the work if such fair dealing is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement, or if the purpose is for parody or satire.
So pretty clear-cut if you ask me.
More info on Fair Dealing can be found at Wikipedia

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I think this is pretty awesome. Gareth is the new internet age politician

He's practically the only MP who actually understands technology.

And the only one that could pass for Sid Vicious.

I would like to see "Parody, Satire, News Media, or Education", if it is not already covered under the Copyright Act.

enter_sandman wrote: I would like to see "Parody, Satire, News Media, or Education", if it is not already covered under the Copyright Act.

Journalists are already covered by qualified opinion if I recall correctly and education is a fair use.

Xelogen wrote: He's practically the only MP who actually understands technology.