NZ Internet Blackout - Daily News

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Day 7

• After a Cabinet meeting NZ Prime MInister John Key announced a delay in S92 until March 27th. Result!
• Blogs & websites over the world black out in support of the New Zealand Protest.

Day 6

• #Blackout Kangaroo Court protest film has over 5,500 views so far.
• People tell their friends about the Blog #Blackout on Monday 23rd as a final protest.
• The #blackout protest spreads through Facebook & other social networks. 

Day 5

• More web celebs & supporter join the #blackout campaign including author Neil Gaimen, and Xeni from Boing Boing.
• Auckland protest gathers on Queen Street against S92 at 1 p.m. 

Day 4

• People gather with #blackout signs outside the Beehive in Wellington. Members of the press join in. Photostream from Sigurd Manusson.
• #Blackout story 'Stephen Fry rails against NZ internet law' hits the front page of Digg.com
• #Blackout Kangaroo Court hits Boing Boing thanks to Gnat & Cory Doctorow 

Day 3

• APRA NZ on TV3's NIghtline News: "Education must have consequence".
• Helen & Chelfyn Baxter cover #blackout on Virtual World, Afternoons with Jim Mora on Radio New Zealand.
• #Blackout Special on the Radio Wammo Breakfast on Kiwi Fm with podcasts from Rusell Brown, the NZ Green Party with Metiria Turei  & MsBehaviour from the g33k show. 
• BlackoutNZ Channel created at Mogulus. Join to chat or embed player into your site at www.mogulus.com/blackoutnz
• The world starts playing #Blackout Bingo with their Twitter avatar grids. Yell Copywrong if you get a full house!
• 'Kangaroo Court' animation hits the internet. Made by Chelfyn Baxter at Mohawk Media.

Day 2

• Cory Dotorow posts at Boing Boing "New Zealand netizens go black in protest of new "no-proof" copyright law that cuts off your Internet on accusation"
• #blackout becomes the #1 search on Twitter, beating Heroes, 24 and Dollhouse.
• Richard McManus at Read Write Web Blogs about #blackout in NZ Copyright Law Protest Goes Viral.
• Copywrong Remix Challenge launches - CFF has teamed up with Mike Corb and Luke Rowell/Disasteradio to produce the Guilt Upon Accusation anthem: The Copywrong Song.
• MsBehaviour posts a video clip of a blacked out Facebook & Twitter avatars on her friends list.
• Rusell Brown posts a comprehensive overview to Hard News on the S92A issue.
• #Blackout makes it to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-out   "The 2009 Internet Blackout N.Z. Campaign to protest against the Section 92A Guilt on Accusation Copyright Laws. See #blackout for Twitter."
• Oliver Driver puts questions about Guilt Upon Accused to John Key on Sunrise on TV3. The Prime Minister refuses to answer as he is not informed on the subject but promises to look at it. Watch the Sunrise podcast with Oliver Driver & John Key at TV3 (04:00 minutes in)
• Juha Saarinen talks to the Radio Wammo Breakfast show about Section 92.
• Stephen Fry wakes up as No.3 on Twitter and gains 15,000+ friends overnight thanks to his support of  #blackout.

Websites & blogs all over New Zealand and the world start changing their CSS & background colours to black in support of the #blackout protest.

Day 1

• Avatars all over Twitter & Facebook turn black as the world joins in our protest.
• 06.15 p.m. Chelfyn starts production of Kangaroo Court.
• 6.00 p.m. Oliveroo records voice track for the Guilt Against Accusation 'Kangaroo Court' Animation
• Stephen Fry suggests people Digg this! instead.
• 12.40 p.m. Juha Saarinen asks Stephen Fry to tweet about #blackout. He changes his avatar and the world notices.
• Geekzone.co.nz receives spike in traffic which knocks their servers over briefly.
• 09.26 a.m. post Kiwi Foo #blackout campaign starts with a post at Geekzone.co.nz

Day 0

The #blackout idea is dreamed up by @br3nda and other Kiwi geeks at this years #Kiwifoo Baacamp, on the last unconference session on Saturday night. A plan is drawn up on the whiteboard and the geeks offer the Creative Freedom Foundation Support.