The online protest against changes to copyright law in New Zealand – aka Internet Blackout NZ – was successful in that it has resulted in a 4-week delay. It is expected that this will give the new New Zealand government enough time to reconsider the consequences of such a ridiculous law change, and most probably repeal the changes entirely. The NZ Herald has more details. This is an enormous shout out to everyone who drove the protest and participated in some way. In particularly;

• Brenda "shiny" Wallace of Catalyst IT
• Nat Torkington of O'Reilly
• Juha Saarinen
• Everyone at the Creative Freedom Foundation
• Stephen Fry
• Leo Laporte
• The Webstock team
• The folk that stood out front of the beehive with tape on their mouths and black banners
• Attendees of Baa Camp: New Zealand Foo Camp

It's thanks to you Internet in NZ (probably) won't ever look like this! Lets keep our ears glued though and make sure that this law change gets properly reviewed and fully rejected in the next 4.5 weeks!