Editing Judith Tizard (section)

==Controversy==
{{Main|Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008}}
In 2008 Tizard championed an amendment to the [[Copyright Act 1994|Copyright Act]], which required [[internet service provider]]s (ISPs) to develop policies to terminate the Internet account of repeat [[copyright]] infringers. She defended this position when meeting Internet lobby groups, saying it is necessary to protect New Zealand artists, and referred to the release of New Zealand film ''[[Sione's Wedding]]'', which, she claimed, was damaged by unlawful distribution on the Internet.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}

On 16 October 2008, a press release<ref>Judith Tizard, [http://www.coffee.geek.nz/sites/default/files/FearMongering.txt Ministers call for end to fear mongering over copyright changes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724195144/http://coffee.geek.nz/sites/default/files/FearMongering.txt |date=24 July 2011 }}, press release, 16 October 2008. Accessed 19 February 2008. Originally available at http://feeds.beehive.govt.nz/release/ministers+call+end+fear+mongering+over+copyright+changes{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref> was published by Tizard responding to "alarmist claims made by a small group of IT commentators in the media that recent amendments to the Copyright Act would have ISPs cutting off the accounts of their users based on unsubstantiated accusations of copyright infringement. [...] This is quiet [sic] simply untrue, and I am sure they know it." That press release seems to have been retracted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coffee.geek.nz/ministerscallforendtofearmongeringovercopyrightchanges |title=Ministers call for end to fear mongering over copyright changes &#124; coffee.geek.nz |access-date=2008-11-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081110074316/http://www.coffee.geek.nz/ministerscallforendtofearmongeringovercopyrightchanges |archive-date=10 November 2008 }}</ref>

On 23 March 2009, the Prime Minister [[John Key]] announced that the law would not take effect and would be re-written.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/mar/05/internet-service-providers-new-zealand 'Why did New Zealand drop plans to cut off net users?']</ref>