We've long discussed how laws requiring users be booted offline for copyright infringement have a number of very serious problems, including higher costs for ISPs (read: consumers), the problems surrounding accusation accuracy, the problems tracking users across ISPs -- and more. Several years ago New Zealand lawmakers at the behest of the entertainment industry tried to pass a law that required broadband users be disconnected from the Internet -- simply for being accused of trading copyrighted files. The effort was suspended after a significant public backlash, but Boing Boing notes the effort has re-emerged, piggybacking on Christchurch earthquake relief efforts:Using an emergency legislative session intended for earthquake relief to rush through controversial copyright legislation isn't sitting well with New Zealanders, who claim that the bill is actually worse than the original version, and still simply assumes all accused copyright infringers are automatically guilty. Some politicians opposed to the disconnection requirements for ISPs were shocked by the bill's sudden appearance at emergency session, but have so far failed to get amendments passed that would strip the requirements from the measure.