Monthly Archives: March 2010

Nathan King’s graphic hip-hop video taken down (NZPA report).

A music video depicting the stalking and killing of a woman has been removed from YouTube by its record label, at the same time the censor’s office has begun a classification process at the request of the Department of Internal Affairs. The video for rapper Derty Sesh’s second single, Forever, has been pulled from YouTube [...]
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Time to Reform NZ Censorship Law? – Article (The Press)

The first steps are being taken towards a possible overhaul of New Zealand’s ageing censorship legislation. Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs officials have been meeting key stakeholders and industry and government body officials during the past fortnight to gather submissions for a “tightly targeted review” of the current laws. However, that scope may widen, [...]
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Censorship Compliance refers Nathan King’s video to Chief Censor

The Society is pleased to learn that following its complaint earlier today, Censorship Compliance has now submitted the Nathan King video clip, which compliance officers have now watched, to the Chief  Censor’s Office for classification. If is is classified “objectionable” under the Films, Videos and Publications Act 1993, the distributor of this publication can be [...]
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Society refers Nathan King’s Video to Censorship Compliance

The Society is joining with a number of anti-violence groups that are calling for a New Zealand taxpayer-funded music video, featuring the son of comedian Mike King, to be banned. The slasher-style clip has been described as “violent, misogynist pornography”. The Society has made a formal complaint to the Censorship Compliance Office of the Department [...]
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Charges laid in 2009 with respect to offences under Companies Act 1993

In the 12 months ending December 2009, 143 charges were laid by the National Enforcement Unit against 24 defendants for offences they committed against the Companies Act 1993. Given that there are over 520,000 companies registered in New Zealand this number of offences would appear to be miniscule. However, the Society believes that these figures [...]
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Society lodges complaint re use of ‘registered’ Trademark “Boobs on Bikes”

The Society has today lodged a complaint to the IPONZ (Intellectual Property Office/ Ministry of Economic Development) against porn Company Director Steve Crow regarding his false claims concerning his “now ‘registered’ Trademark” – “Boobs of Bikes”. Only an application by CVC Group Ltd of which he is CEO has been accepted by the IPONZ and [...]
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Report On James Louis Mason v The Queen CA 481/2009

 In Wellington before Court of Appeal Judges: Hon. Justice William Young (President), Hon. J. Grant Hammond and Hon. J. David Baragwanath. Tuesday 23 March 2010. In the second case heard in Courtroom 2 before the Court of Appeal on Tuesday morning 23 March 2010, James Louis Mason, 51, Christchurch musician and father of six, defended [...]
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Waihopai Vandalism and Burglary Acquittal Must be Appealed

The Society contends that Solicitor General, Dr David Collins, QC, should ensure that the Crown appeals the flawed decision of the jury that acquitted the three Waihopai spy base protestors on 17 March 2010 of charges of burglary and intentional damage (vandalism) to government property amounting to NZ $3.5 million. The men entered the base [...]
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Violent games make violent kids

Research published yesterday by the American Psychological Association, analysing 130 studies worldwide, has proved conclusively that exposure to violent computer games affects youth behaviour: See: http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2010/mar/vvgeffects The meta-analysis by psychology professor Dr Craig Anderson of Iowa State University was published in the 1 March 2010 edition of the Psychological Bulletin, a journal of the American [...]
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John M Carr and B.B.S. Land & Property Development Inc.

John M Carr is President and Director of B.B.S. Land & Property Develpment Inc. (Tax ID 17424831992) which was incorporated in Texas on 11 December 1987 and is currently “in good standing not for dissolution or withdrawal through May 17, 2010″. The registered agent of this active domestic for profit corporation is recorded on the [...]
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Checketts McKay Law, John M Carr, Steve Crow and Liquidated Porn

A hardcore porn company Z4K74D (In Liq) – formerly called Vixen Direct Ltd and directed by NZ “Porn King” Steve Crow owed unsecured creditors $262,528 and the IRD $163,550 when put into liquidation on 27 May 2009. It has been unable to pay unsecured creditor Checketts McKay Law of Cromwell (Alan Bevin McKay of 35 The Mall, [...]
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Changes to prohibition of company directors

Companies Office Announcement: One of the responsibilities of the National Enforcement Unit, Ministry of Economic Development (NEU) is to assess and investigate candidates for prohibition under Section 385 of the Companies Act 1993. That is, directors and managers of companies which have failed in the last five years due, at least in part, to mismanagement [...]
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