Media Releases - 2010
InternetNZ Media Releases 2010.
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Submission criticises absence of evidence for ACTA approach – InternetNZ
- Media Release – 1 April 2010 - InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) today released a submission responding to the Ministry of Economic Development’s consultation in advance of this month’s ACTA negotiations in Wellington.
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InternetNZ reduces .nz wholesale fee by 16%
- Media Release - 23 March 2010 - InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) is reducing the wholesale domain name fee for .nz domain names by 16%.
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PublicACTA website launch, registrations are open
- Media Release - 18 March 2010 - A dedicated website has been launched at www.publicacta.org.nz, to provide details on the PublicACTA event to be held in the Town Hall in Wellington on 10 April 2010, ahead of the controversial ACTA (Anti-Countereiting Trade Agreement) negotiations. Respected Australian legal academic Kim Weatherall has confirmed as a speaker, joining Canadian law professor Dr Michael Geist, previously announced. Further speaker and programme details will be announced in coming weeks.
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Public Briefing on ACTA: Auckland, 24 March – InternetNZ
- Media Release – 17 March 2010 - InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) is inviting the public to find out more about the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement at a briefing in Auckland next Wednesday afternoon.
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WIP survey shows importance of Internet
- Media Release – 16 March 2010 - The NZ World Internet Project Survey of over 1200 New Zealanders has revealed that 83% are now using the Internet, up from 79% in 2007.
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Michael Geist to keynote PublicACTA - InternetNZ
- Media Release - 10 March 2010 - InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) is excited to announce that renowned Canadian law professor Michael Geist, a world authority on technology law issues, will be the keynote speaker at the PublicACTA event, being held in Wellington on 10 April 2010.
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InternetNZ to take public message to ACTA negotiators
- Media Release - 2 March 2010 - InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) will assist the public in voicing its concerns about the controversial international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) through an open conference to be held next month in Wellington, New Zealand.
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Section 92A bill is a step forward – InternetNZ
- Media Release – 23 February 2010 - InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) has welcomed the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill, introduced to Parliament today by Hon Simon Power.
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InternetNZ appoints Chief Executive Officer
- Media Release - 1 February 2010 - InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) is pleased to announce the appointment of Vikram Kumar as its new Chief Executive Officer. Vikram will be responsible to the elected InternetNZ Council for oversight of staff and managing the work of the offices of the Policy Unit and the Shared Services Unit.
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InternetNZ rejects centrally operated filtering for New Zealand
- Media Release - 28 January 2010 - InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) has today released a position paper that responds to the development by the Department of Internal Affairs of the "Digital Child Exploitation Filtering System".
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Internet reaches critical turning point
- Media Release - 22 January 2010 (published on behalf of the New Zealand IPv6 Taskforce) - The global Internet has reached a critical turning point and New Zealand industry needs to sit up and take notice.
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InternetNZ releases copyright submission
- Media Release – 11 January 2010 - InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) has released its submission to the Minister of Commerce on illegal peer-to-peer file sharing.