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[trixtah]

Cabernet Voltaire are shortly to release a new album... which is entirely remixes of one of my favourite kiwi dub outfits, Kora. How bloody cool is that! You can check out some of the tracks on the MyFace page - all the stuff in the media player with Kora in the name.

Talking about creative endeavours and their dissemination, I'm putting up a black icon in support of the protest against the new copyright legislation in NZ, which "would require ISPs to disconnect customers accused of downloading copyright material." Anyone could issue the equivalent of a DCMA takedown notice against a individual who is said to be hosting copyrighted material, and that individual/organisation would have to be kicked off the internet by their ISP. According to NZ's Consumer Institute (a very august body):

The onus is then on the customer to prove their case and get their website access reinstated. We believe this responsibility is open to malicious abuse by parties who wish to close-down websites or disrupt in some way another person's business or enjoyment of the use of the internet.

So much for innocent until proven guilty, eh, leaving aside the potential for abuse of this measure.
 

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[marsianer.livejournal.com]

OMG, I loves me some Cabaret Voltaire.

Unfortunately, I've sworn never to set foot on that website again.