Sharing and Culture Tinkering
Friday, October 16, 2009 by Anonymous
Section 92a of the Copyright Amendment Act of New Zealand demands Internet Service Providers to police Internet users for any possible acts of copyright infringements. In a sense the university of Auckland acts as an IPS for students. The university’s websites officially writes (http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/for/current-students/cs-student-it-essentials/cs-computer-securitythat) “The use of P2P file sharing applications to download files in breach of copyright is not permitted”. This is problematic, P2P software’s are a portal which creative students could use to share ideas and inspire creative works. It is “Guilt by accusation” Possibly promoting passivity and not culture tinkering.