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The New Zealand "Three strikes" law.

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Australia is getting its porn-filter and New Zealand just got something more frightening altogether.

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/new-zealand-goes-all-black-against-three-strikes

From now on three accusations, without proof, recourse or mediation is enough to get you booted from the internet. Think you have "nothing to fear because you have nothing to hide"? Then please reconsider, because you really don't need to do anything wrong to be a victim of this sort of law. The merest accusation is enough. You won't even get a chance to prove your innocence, because there's no recourse and no mediation.

The media giants are pushing for this legislation everywhere. They already had great success in France and now New Zealand. Letting them set precedents like this is frightening.

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Sounds like back in the days of the "Witchcraft" trials... Just being accused was enough to get you burned at the stake.
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

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