Street demonstrations, netwide campaigns, unfavorable press attention and sustained lobbying have moved the New Zealand government to temporarily suspend its new copyright law, which would have required ISPs to terminate their customers' net access on the basis of three unsubstantiated accusations of infringement.
It remains to be seen whether the law is truly dead, but this truly is an amazing development:
In a surprise announcement, prime minister John Key says the government will delay the implementation of the controversial Section 92a of the amended copyright law.
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