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FYI InternetNZ's workshop programme

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• From: Richard Wood <richard AT internetnz.net.nz>
• To: InternetNZ Members Discussion List <members-discuss AT internetnz.net.nz>
• Subject: [members-discuss] Copyright Workshop Media Release
• Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:50:59 +1300

Powerful line-up for Copyright Workshop
Topics include digital rights management, format shifting and ISP liability

Media Release
29 January 2006

A strong line-up of technical, legal and industry experts will provide
presentations and sit on panels for two Copyright Workshops being
organised for mid-February by InternetNZ (The Internet Society of New
Zealand). The workshops will address the Copyright (New Technologies and
Performers' Rights) Amendment Bill, ahead of the closing date for Select
Committee submissions.

Presenters and panelists include University of Auckland’s Peter Gutmann,
technologist Nathan Torkington, Bronwyn Turley of the Ministry of
Economic Development, barristers Clive Elliott and Michael Wigley,
internet and music commentator Russell Brown, Victoria University’s
Stephen Marshall, amplifier.co.nz’s Chris Hocquard, and APRA’s Anthony
Healey amongst others.

The events, to run on February 13 in Wellington and February 14 in
Auckland, will be chaired by Wellington barrister Peter Dengate Thrush
and InternetNZ Vice President David Farrar.

The workshops, entitled “Tackling the Copyright Amendment Bill” will
discuss aspects of the Copyright (New Technologies and Performers’
Rights) Amendment Bill including ISP liability, technological protection
measures, fair use, rights of copyright owners vs. rights of users, and
format shifting.

InternetNZ is supportive of the legislation but has a number of
reservations in respect to the detail that may be able to be worked out
in the Select Committee stage. As well as the key issues for the Society
of ISP liability, hosting and ISP definition, there are discussions to
be had on technological protection measures, format shifting and fair use.

The Copyright Amendment Bill has attracted a lot of passionate and
articulate discussion in the media and across the Web, and the workshops
are open for all to attend.

The invitation, programme and presenter biographies are available on
InternetNZ’s website at:
http://www.internetnz.net.nz/issues/events/copyright/

For further comment contact:

Keith Davidson
Executive Director, InternetNZ
exe.dir AT internetnz.net.nz or 021 377 587

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