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Fears over NZ copyright law change

From Stuff.co.nz:

InternetNZ is crying foul over proposed changes to the country’s copyright laws.
The Copyright (New Technologies and Performers’ Rights) Amendment Bill, awaiting its first reading in Parliament, puts a maximum penalty of a $150,000 fine and five years in prison for anyone caught selling devices or publishing information which could be used to get around any technology used to protect digital copyright.
This means, for example, someone who showed people how to circumvent digital rights management on a downloaded music file would be a criminal.
The current Copyright Act bans this but has no criminal penalties.