I come from New Zealand, and I'd like to chip in that if anyone thinks the behaviour of the NZ Govt is confusing then they probably aren't aware that NZ Govt is

I come from New Zealand, and I'd like to chip in that if anyone thinks the behaviour of the NZ Govt is confusing then they probably aren't aware that NZ Govt is eagerly gunning for a Free Trade Agreement with the USA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NZ-US_relations#Proposed_Free_Trade_Agreement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NZ-US_relations#Proposed_Free_T... This is my personal speculation but it's also the spirit of what was behind the new "three strikes" copyright law (which almost no citizen wanted) introduced to NZ in September 2011 which makes NZ ISPs do the police work of the MPAA/RIAA http://3strikes.net.nz/information/law-basics http://3strikes.net.nz/information/law-basics The next thing that is going to be attacked is the New Zealand abolition of software patents - http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/opinion-us-heavies-nz-software-patents-ck-106373 http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/opinion-us-heavies-nz-software-... Please don't downvote this if it comes across as "anti-US" - it's not meant to be and I'm only posting a collection of facts which I think everyone here would find interesting about US-NZ tech relations