21-01-2012, 05:26 AM
Certainly not my proudest day. Remember though NZ has always been a test ground for a whole lot of stuff. This new internet clampdown and the policing of it is scary stuff and we are the Guinea Pig. It is very worrying. John Key is an asshole, but I doubt very much that any NZ PM would have the nads to stand up for anything. Whats concerning here is the amount of material American corporations have taken off of NZers creative property over the years. If your a kiwi the chances of you getting a patent without having US backing is sweet fanny Adams. Further that a lot of Maori names and designs have been ripped off by everything from toy companies to Hollywood. Its okay for the US to rip off and flay anything when they want but nooooooooooooo if your someone else it's see yah later. I mean Ed, if I had an idea all documented and you pinched it by right of you being a US citizen I would likely get done like a dogs dinner. Further that if you had an idea Ed and some dude with big Moolah saw it-well good night Vienna old son.
"In the Kennedy assassination we must be careful of running off into the ether of our own imaginations." Carl Ogelsby circa 1992