After nine months deliberation, Simon Powers has released a cabinet paper detailing a replacement Section 92a; the controversial law withdrawn in March this year which could have seen Internet users summarily disconnected by ISPs if accused of copyright infringement, and would have left ISPs no option but to do so.
The new ammendment introduces a notice-and-notice process, whereby ISPs are required only to pass on notices of infringment from copyright holders to alleged infringers. Should the user be served three such notices the copyright holder may choose to escalate to the Copyright Tribunal for redress.
Unfortunately all this good work could soon be derailed by super-secret ACTA negotiations, considered to be so super-national-security-sensitive that the citizens of involved nations cannot be trusted to hear what is being discussed.
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