This article is a part of a series on the Our Digital Future report, our crowdsourced roadmap for Free Expression that proposes fair and balanced copyright reform for the 21st Century. You’ve all heard of the term “starving artist,” right? If you haven’t — there’s an entire Wikipedia article on
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OpenMedia.ca: Leaked draft confirms TPP will censor Internet and stifle Free Expression worldwide
NewLeakedDraft_TPP.png October 16, 2014 – This morning Wikileaks published a second leaked draft of the Intellectual Property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The draft confirms people’s worst fears about Internet censorship. That’s according to community-based organization OpenMedia, which is leading a large international Fair Deal Coalition aimed at securing
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This June I joined the OpenMedia team as the Campaigns Coordinator for Free Expression. One of my first tasks was setting to work on the Our Digital Future report, a crowdsourced document for moving free expression forward in the 21st century. As the newest member of the troupe fighting Internet
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Hero is You
You know that moment in the movie when the music swells and the light picks up and you just know that somewhere, from out of some corner of the screen, the hero is about about to appear? Well that moment is now. And that hero is you. But instead of
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: What you said about free expression online
This past month, citizens of the Internet took to the web to speak out against the destructive censorship measures in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), using our Internet voice tool. At OpenMedia we love the Internet, and we were so encouraged to see comments expressing concern pour in from all over
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Five things you did this past month to stop the TPP’s Internet Censorship plan
Our pro-Internet community has been busy this past month, taking on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on home turf and standing up to powerful interests who want to see the trade agreement finalized before the end of the year. Internet citizens across the globe are justified in their concerns about the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The TPP goes on tour
Negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have gone to extreme lengths to stop civic interest groups and the public finding out what’s being discussed at the next round of closed-door trade talks happening in Canada this month. Originally slated to take place at the beginning of July in Vancouver, a
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: These famous Hollywood names are shining a spotlight on TPP censorship
Unexpected new allies are surfacing in the fight against the anti-democratic Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a secretive and extreme deal that experts say would make the Internet more censored, expensive, and policed. With the next round of negotiations imminent – taking place in Ottawa from July 3-12 – Hollywood bigwigs including
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