Re: New Zealand [OT - was Car Database]
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = New Zealand is a great place to live ..We are looking at US/UK work the beginning of next year .. You're right - we can charge NZD rates to US companies and it really is nothing, and we have the ability to work 'overnight' for them. Thatıs the plan anyway.I would like to live in the states for broadband internet that you don't have to mortgage your house for, apart from that I'm a happy guy ..With a city like this: http://www.kilbryde.co.nz/ Auckland is great place to live ..If you need anything down here some day - yell out. Kiwis are also pretty accommodating.Alain> Alain, > > I actually looked into moving down to NZ about a year ago, just for that very > sort of thing...it > occurred to me that if I retained my US clients and charged NZ prices (or > slightly higher) coupled > with the lack of NZ internet laws which would allow me to do things like > 'strip' a website of data > 'legally', rather than go through the time/expense of getting the data through > other more costly > 'legitimate' channels and the low cost of living in NZ, then, in theory, I > would be able to live > like a king. > > So I checked into immigration, etc. and found that in order to be seriously > considered for > citizenship I would need to either a) provide a job offer from a NZ company or > b) demonstrate that > my own biz would be significant enough to benefit the NZ economy, which, > unfortunately it isn't > (but i'm working on it!). So, I did some searching and applied for a few jobs > out there and was > told--you guessed it, I needed to live in NZ. Quite the catch-22. > > I know I could apply for and get a 2 month work visa, but the costs of travel, > etc. vs. the risk > of falling on my face just don't equate as do-able at this point... > > Ok, story time's over. Back to your regularly scheduled US copyright law > debate. I just wanted to > basically say that I sort of envy the position you're in...but the grass is > always greener, no? :) ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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New Zealand is a great place to live ..We are looking at US/UK work the beginning of next year .. You're right - we can charge NZD rates to US companies and it really is nothing, and we have the ability to work 'overnight' for them. Thatıs the plan anyway.I would like to live in the states for broadband internet that you don't have to mortgage your house for, apart from that I'm a happy guy ..With a city like this: http://www.kilbryde.co.nz/ Auckland is great place to live ..If you need anything down here some day - yell out. Kiwis are also pretty accommodating.Alain> Alain, > > I actually looked into moving down to NZ about a year ago, just for that very > sort of thing...it > occurred to me that if I retained my US clients and charged NZ prices (or > slightly higher) coupled > with the lack of NZ internet laws which would allow me to do things like > 'strip' a website of data > 'legally', rather than go through the time/expense of getting the data through > other more costly > 'legitimate' channels and the low cost of living in NZ, then, in theory, I > would be able to live > like a king. > > So I checked into immigration, etc. and found that in order to be seriously > considered for > citizenship I would need to either a) provide a job offer from a NZ company or > b) demonstrate that > my own biz would be significant enough to benefit the NZ economy, which, > unfortunately it isn't > (but i'm working on it!). So, I did some searching and applied for a few jobs > out there and was > told--you guessed it, I needed to live in NZ. Quite the catch-22. > > I know I could apply for and get a 2 month work visa, but the costs of travel, > etc. vs. the risk > of falling on my face just don't equate as do-able at this point... > > Ok, story time's over. Back to your regularly scheduled US copyright law > debate. I just wanted to > basically say that I sort of envy the position you're in...but the grass is > always greener, no? :) ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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