Negotiators are rushing to close the ultra-secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement – an agreement that would never pass with the world watching. It’s secretive, extreme, and it will break our digital future. Isn’t it time to create copyright policies by and for Internet users, innovators, and content creators? Article from
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OpenMedia.ca: TorrentFreak: Finland becomes first country to vote on a crowdsourced copyright law
Hey Canada, Finland just did something epic. Really epic. It’s time for us to do the same. Let’s start the discussion to shape our digital future. Make your voice heard at http://openmedia.org/digitalfuture Article by Ernesto on TorrentFreak: Finland is the first country in the world in which Parliament will vote
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Rabble: Why Canadians should be demanding answers about online spying
Canadians are still in the dark about the activities of the ultra-secretive spy agency CSEC. Just how deep does the rabbit hole go? Demand information about the full extent of government spying on innocent citizens: http://SecretSpying.ca Article by Adam Kingsmith for Rabble: We are living in an age of surveillance,”
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Rabble: Why Canadians should be demanding answers about online spying
Canadians are still in the dark about the activities of the ultra-secretive spy agency CSEC. Just how deep does the rabbit hole go? Demand information about the full extent of government spying on innocent citizens: http://SecretSpying.ca Article by Adam Kingsmith for Rabble: We are living in an age of surveillance,”
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Tyee Poll: Is the price you pay for cellphone service fair and reasonable?
The debate about the state of Canada’s wireless market is heating up, as recent independent reports confirm that Canadians pay some of the highest prices in the world for cellphone service. There’s also rising concern about whether big telecom companies are using new rules about 2-year contracts as an excuse
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Check out our volunteers at Simon Fraser University’s OpenMedia.ca’s campus club
How awesome are our volunteers at BC’s Simon Fraser University OpenMedia.ca campus club? We also have a campus club at McGill University in Montreal. If you’d like to be a part of one, we’d love to hear from you! Check out volunteer and job opportunities on openmedia.ca/work or get in
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Engadget: Rural town in Albert to create first 1Gps Internet service
Residents of the rural community of Olds, Alberta are taking the Internet into their own hands – and how! Article by Mariella Moon for Engadget: All you cool city cats on DSL, eat your heart out — a 1Gbps fiber internet service will soon be speeding up the lives of
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Techvibes: Big Telecom raising its prices to spite the CRTC
We’re asking you: Are Big Telecom unnecessarily raising their monthly price plans in order to spite the CRTC’s new Code of Conduct? Article by Knowlton Thomas for Techvibes: Canadian consumers rejoiced in June when the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission unveiled a new wireless code that brings cellphone contract lengths
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Tyee: Canada’s new privacy battles – An interview with BCCLA’s Josh Paterson
Where are personal and privacy rights are headed in Canada, and what does mass surveillance by Canada’s ultra-secretive spy agency CSEC mean for our rights in a digital age? Josh Paterson of the BC Civil Liberties Association speaks out. Article by Sean Condon for the Tyee: In almost one fell
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Privacy Commissioner of Ontario: Spying on Canadians is not the solution to safeguarding security
“[Surveillance] just can’t be done in a backdoor way as a fishing expedition on the entire population of law-abiding citizens. That’s not the way to do it. There’s a way to do it and also preserve our privacy. That’s what we want – security AND privacy.” – Dr. Ann Cavoukian,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Is the government trying to bring back the online spying bill?
This week, comments from Stephen Harper about police powers for investigating online crimes have privacy advocates worried that the government might exploit Canadians’ fears around cyberbullying to reboot its failed online spying program. Using language pulled directly from bill C-30 talking points, Harper noted that law enforcement encounters difficulties because
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