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The Dotcom bubble has well and truly burst for our resident German-born hacker slash money launderer.
Posted Wed 25 January 2012 @ 10:23 a.m. by Paul Brislen
While he resides at Her Majesty’s pleasure, and the wheels of international law enforcement turn on both Kim and Megaupload (et al), most of the discussion has centred around copyright infringement and whether Kim’s business is legit or just a front for something more sinister.
My first thought was that it goes to show you... >> more
Categories: Innovation | ISPs | Regulatory
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New Zealand's first female ICT minister
Posted Mon 12 December 2011 @ 3:57 p.m. by Paul Brislen
Amy Adams is our new Minister of Communications, making herthe first woman to hold the role. I’ve already written an email congratulatingher on her appointment and inviting myself over for a cup of tea and strategysession (no point mucking about), and I’ve already written here about what we’dlike the new minister to look at,... >> more
Categories: Innovation | Regulatory
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An Open Letter to the incoming Minister
Posted Mon 5 December 2011 @ 3:10 p.m. by Paul Brislen
Dear Minister.
Hi,
We may or may not have met so I’ll give you a bit of a background. TUANZ is the Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand and we’ve been badgering your predecessors for 25 years now.
We were set up in 1986 by a bunch of business customers who were sick of going out to tender for... >> more
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