As you know I have sent letters to the government before, and this time its about my fundamental right of ‘innocent until proven guilty’.
I will publicize my official letter to all members of parliament as soon as I have finalized it.
Until then I would like to share the copy and paste version from the Creative Freedom website.
Hi,
I’ve just become aware about some major proposed changes in NZ law that will have a huge impact on artists, businesses, and general members of the public: basically anyone that uses the internet, and I thought you should know about them.
The proposed Section 92 of the Copyright Amendment Act assumes Guilt Upon Accusation and forces the termination of internet connections and websites without evidence, without a fair trial, and without punishment for any false accusations of copyright infringement. We should speak out against injustices like Guilt Upon Accusation being done in the name of artists and protecting creativity.
The countdown is on: we have until 28 February 2009 to influence government.
An organisation called the Creative Freedom Foundation has been set up to specifically represent artists voices on these issues. Check out their website: http://www.creativefreedom.org.nz , sign up and help our MPs make an informed decision about S92!
Thanks,
During October there was spring snow to be carved, caves to be explored and birthdays to be celebrated. Lots of fun things have been done.
The snow photos follow on from the last album when we were at Castle Hill.
I also picked up a van, Toyota Hiace with 4×4 hi/lo. Bring on the summer missions! I have already squeezed a couple in Photos coming in the November album.
While Teece and I were in Castle Hill snowboarding we snapped some moving footage to go with the still shots.
This footage was from our day at Broken River. Teece ripping it up, a nice big air, some sledding which results in sliding down the side of the ridge, and a few photos to end an awesome trip.
September was a great month. Lots of fun things to keep me busy. I spent time painting, cleaning and modding the BBQ ready for another summer. Painted up the bat phone. Did a bit of driving and caught some magic shots of a Kaikoura sunrise.
It was school holidays but I would have to say you wouldn’t have known. We pretty much had the fields to ourself and we had fresh snow and blue sky days everyday we went up.
Saturday mornings at the netball courts are always fun when you have a fresh dusting of snow to look at
A few photos from July, we went to Nelson to visit family that were in town for a special visit. I also watched my sister and brother play netball and rugby while admiring the cold mornings we were having.
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Spring and rabbits, well the photos are from May, but never mind, I need to catch up on the photos so I can post the fun things we have been doing the last 6 weeks.
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Photos coming in the November album.
