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Submission + - New Zealand legalizes illegal police surveillance. (stuff.co.nz)

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d18c7db
d18c7db writes: "The Government will introduce legislation to overrule a decision by the Supreme Court on the Urewera terror raids, which rendered nearly all police video surveillance footage unlawful.

The new law would be applied retrospectively, which meant no trials were likely to be aborted and offenders would have no ground to appeal their convictions."

Submission + - Warrantless Searches Coming To New Zealand (nzfoodsecurity.org) 1

Submitted by sammcj
sammcj writes: Warrantless searches of houses and marae for food and seeds, even with guns, are coming to NZ soon thanks to the Food Bill.

- The bill will push up mainstream food prices by subjecting producers to red tape and registration costs. Food prices are already rising due to increased energy costs and commodity speculation, while effective disposable incomes are falling.

- Growing food for distribution must be authorised, even for “cottage industries”, and such authorisation can be denied.

- Under the Food Bill, Police acting as Food Safety Officers can raid premises without a warrant, using all equipment they deem necessary – including guns (Clause 265 – 1).

- Members of the private sector can also be Food Safety Officers, as at Clause 243. So Monsanto employees can raid premises – including marae – backed up by armed police.

- The Bill gives Food Safety Officers immunity from criminal and civil prosecution.

- It makes it illegal to distribute “food” without authorisation, and it defines “food” in such a way that it includes nutrients, seeds, natural medicines, essential minerals and drinks (including water).

- By controlling seeds, the bill takes the power to grow food away from the public and puts it in the hands of seed companies. That power may be abused.
Censorship

Submission + - New Zealand's internet filter goes live (stuff.co.nz)

Submitted by d18c7db
d18c7db writes: The Department of Internal Affairs' (DIA) internet filter is now operational and is being used by internet providers (ISPs) Maxnet and Watchdog. Thomas Beagle, spokesperson for online freedom lobby Tech Liberty says he's "very disappointed that the filter is now running, it's a sad day for the New Zealand internet".

Comment Litigation *is* the business model. (Score 1) 276

by d18c7db (#30426950) Attached to: Hollywood Sets $10 Billion Box Office Record
The continued litigation by the various **AA agencies has nothing to do with protecting their revenue stream from piracy or whatever other valid sounding official excuse they use. It is simply another revenue stream. As long as they generate some income through bullying and intimidation, by abusing the law, or other dubious extorsion practices, they will continue to do so as just another way of "doing business".

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