Gav's Blog

To the Honourable Peter Dunne
p.dunne@ministers.govt.nz

Re: Copyright Act Section 92

I would just like to say thank you for publicly coming out against this poorly developed legislation. I hope you are able to attract more attention in the coming days to reinforce your message and ensure that this legislation is deferred so that a more realistic and evidential approach can be taken to the enforcement of copyright breaches.

As a photographer that produces and sells some micro-stock photographer overseas, I support the copyright. However the current structure of Section 92 and the proposed Telecommunication Carriers Forum Code of Practice are designed entirely to support an enforcement framework that only benefits large international copyright holders, and makes it expensive and difficult for a small copyright holder like myself to use the legislation for any breach in my copyright.

For a country built on small business, this is an unfair law.

Thank you again for for your public stance on this issue.

Yours sincerely,

Gavin Treadgold