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The EU drafted a copyright directive before Australia took action on Facebook. Photograph: Dado RuviÄ/Reuters John Naughtonâs piece was flawless apart from a couple of omissions (âAustralia shows the way. Itâs the job of governments not big tech to run democraciesâ, Comment). If we want similar rules to Australia in the UK, it is worth mentioning that the UK government was one of the main defenders of the EU 2019 copyright directive, which recognises the need to compensate publishers for their contribution in producing press publications so crucial to the journalistic diversity we need in a democracy. The drafting of the EU directive came long before Australiaâs action. Interestingly, Google is believed to have spent around £30m opposing the directive. It is to be hoped that the UK government will translate the provisions into law very soon. It helped write them, after all. ....
Kaitaia house fire treated as suspicious 21 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 2 minutes to read This Kaitaia house was ablaze from end to end by the time the first fire appliance arrived, minutes after the alarm was raised. Northern Advocate Police and Fire and Emergency NZ are investigating the fire that destroyed a house in Tangonge Cres, Kaitaia, on Friday afternoon. Detective Richard Garton said a Fire and Emergency investigator had not determined the cause of the blaze, but it was being treated as suspicious. Police would progress their investigation once FENZ had completed its inquiry. Two tenants and a neighbour had been at the address when the fire began, he said. All had escaped unharmed, while another neighbour had rescued the resident dogs. ....