Labour will hold a copyright forum in Auckland on 8 July and you are invited (and anyone else you think might be interested).
Labour organised a forum in late March in Wellington and invited representatives from the rights holders, ISP, internet users and other associated interested persons. That meeting was attended by about 30 people, including six Labour MPs.

Out of that meeting came a series of themes and issues that needed further discussion. Because of the number of people who wanted to attend but couldn't (because they either lived in Auckland or just simply couldn't make it) I said we'd have another discussion soon.

The forum will be held at:
Freemans Bay Community Hall
Function room
52 Hepburn Street, Freemans Bay
6pm - 8pm
Wednesday 8 July

The objective is to canvas the wider issues around copyright, including discussion of what's been occurring overseas, in France, the UK and Sweden. Lessons to be learnt and ideas for how to develop a wide-ranging copyright policy that embraces the digital age, protecting rights holders, not disadvantaging ISPs going about their business, promoting access to information and building public interest around why copyright is important.

Background (Clare Curran's blog at Red Alert)

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