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------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 17:27:11 -0400 To: politech@vorlon.mit.edu From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: FC: New Zealand official responds to video game censoring probs Reply-to: declan@well.com *********** From: Andrew McCallum <Andrew.McCallum@moc.govt.nz> To: "'declan@well.com'" <declan@well.com> Subject: RE: The problems of being a video game censor nowadays Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 08:30:58 +1200 Actually New Zealand (unlike Australia) has very sensible and liberal censorship laws that are technology neutral. Hence they apply irrespective of the medium of publication. That's why computer games are an issue. The law in New Zealand also applies automatically to material on the Internet hosted *within* New Zealand. There was some moves a few years ago to try and restrict access to material on the Internet hosted *outside* New Zealand, but common sense prevailed. More information on New Zealand censorship laws can be found at: http://www.dia.govt.nz/internal_affairs/censorship/cens_info.html Andrew. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Andrew McCallum, Policy Analyst IT Policy Group, Ministry of Commerce, PO Box 1473 Wellington, New Zealand Phone +64 4 474 2752 Fax +64 4 471 2658 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ************
>From: Ed_J._Black/Ccianet@ccianet.org >To: declan@well.com >cc: politech@vorlon.mit.edu >Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 13:48:30 -0400 >Subject: Re: FC: Yahoo's competitors lure GeoCities refugees > >This shows how dynamicly a truely open market can react, when a perceived >abusive practice is foisted upon it. > >How different than the way a monopoly market reacts, as witnessed in the >way company after company, and millions of consumers had to buckle under to >Mega[sic]soft's demands. This is why many real believers in the free >market defend a limited referee role for government in antitrust.
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