Consultation
38. As noted above, the following stakeholders were contacted in the preparation of the NECG report: Copyright Council of New Zealand Inc; Mallinson Rendel; New Zealand Retailers Association; Harper Collins Publishers (New Zealand) Limited; Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd; Interactive Software Association; Whitcoulls Group Ltd; Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind; Microsoft New Zealand Ltd; Auckland City Libraries; Lexis Nexis; Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA); Dymocks Wellington; Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand; Books and More Lambton Quay; Information Technology Association of New Zealand; Motion Picture Distributors' Association.
39. The NECG report was made publicly available in December 2004, and the following stakeholders were directly contacted and invited to provide comments in response to the report and its findings: Harper Collins Publishers (New Zealand) Limited; Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd; Retail Merchants Association of New Zealand; Whitcoulls Group Ltd National Office; Microsoft New Zealand Ltd; Auckland City Libraries; Lexis Nexis; Mallinson Rendel Publishers Limited; Interactive Software Association of New Zealand; Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind; Australasian Performing Rights Association; Consumers' Institute of New Zealand; Copyright Council of New Zealand Inc; Deaf Association of New Zealand (Inc); Distance Education Association of New Zealand; Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington; IBM New Zealand Limited; Information Technology Association of New Zealand; Internet Society of New Zealand Inc; Motion Picture Distributors Association of New Zealand; New Zealand Book Council; New Zealand Computer Society Inc; New Zealand Film Commission; New Zealand Motion Picture Exhibitor's Association Inc; New Zealand Society of Authors; New Zealand Television Broadcasters Council; Radio Broadcasters Association; Recording Industry Association of New Zealand; Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand; Screen Producers & Directors Association; Sounds (Just Music) Limited; The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand; The Warehouse.
40. Responses were received from the Consumers' Institute of New Zealand and the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. Both supported the findings of the NECG report. Further feedback was sought from Recording Industry Association of New Zealand, Independent Music New Zealand, Booksellers New Zealand and Book Publishers Association of New Zealand.
41. The following have been consulted on this paper: Treasury, Te Puni KÅkiri, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has been informed. The Minister of Commerce has also been consulted.
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