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by Juha Saarinen, Newsline 2.0 Editor
It's difficult to concentrate on the finer points and ironies of life technological when lawyers and politicians besiege the very business you're in with mad-cap laws that are designed to serve... well, that's not exactly clear actually. Probably only the lawyers and politicians themselves, in fact, because it's hard to see who else will benefit from these things.
Rick Shera's one of those lawyers who puts the I into IP (no "freely" jokes here please), and he's covering off some important... » Continue Reading
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 Groundhog Day: Guilty until proven innocent back in copyright law
by Rick Shera, Partner, Lowndes Jordan
Back in 2008, after the Parliamentary Select Committee had removed section 92A from the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Bill, it was reintroduced unannounced on April Fools Day in an SOP just a week before the Bill was passed into law. The problem with section 92A was an ISP was almost certain to treat an internet account holder as guilty as soon as the ISP received an accusation from a rights owner.
Following a huge outcry and "blackout" campaign Prime Minister John Key stepped in and ditched it. Almost two years later and despite numerous consultations and another round of Select Committee hearings, it seems we've come full circle.
Read ICT Lawyer Rick Shera's take on the new Bill, plus a response from Hon Simon Power. » Continue Reading   In Depth: Arbitration and Mediation
by Perce Harpham
When a client becomes unhappy with a contractor, one or other of them often goes to a lawyer; however, this frequently escalates the problem. Our justice system is geared to deciding that one party is right and the other is wrong.
It is a long, slow, expensive process to achieve a resolution, essentially. This resolution yields a winner and a loser - or, often, two losers.
Luckily, there are other ways to resolve such problems. » Continue Reading
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