Tag: copyright

The government just announced $9 million to promote free expression on the Internet abroad, but what are they doing to prevent censorship here at home? Article by Evan Dyer for the CBC Canada wants to help undermine repressive regimes using the power of the web, says Foreign Affairs Minister John

Yesterday, the government announced a joint program with the Munk School of Global Affairs to help Internet users in authoritarian countries circumvent Internet censorship. The $9 million initiative is designed to promote free expression online, which has been declining thanks to repressive regimes cracking down on Internet users around the

Last week’s massive email leak at Sony revealed a number of unsavoury things about the company from the racist comments of Sony co-chairman Amy Pascal, to the company’s scramble to avoid provoking an international incident in the upcoming Judd Apatow comedy The Interview, to the fact that Oscar-winner and A-lister Jennifer Lawrence was paid less than her

The European Union has taken a huge leap towards transparency in releasing the text of a trade deal affecting member nations. Now, it’s time for Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiators to do the same and stop the secrecy. Article by Maira Sutton for the EFF EFF joins 47 other civil society groups

This post is from OpenMedia and does not represent the Fair Deal Coalition. On behalf of OpenMedia and our growing international community of supporters, I have been given a fantastic opportunity to deliver the voices of everyday Internet users to people in power. As you read this, I am sitting

This teach-in is brought to you by OpenMedia International OpenMedia has been here with you throughout the negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – rallying a huge global movement to oppose the Internet censorship provisons included in the agreement. As negotiators and political leaders are pushing hard to finalize the agreement

Guest blog by OpenMedia volunteer and community member Joey Levesque What does Our Digital Future look like? Recently, OpenMedia came together with over 300,000 Internet users around the world to release Our Digital Future: a Crowdsourced Agenda for Free Expression. Over 40,000 users expressed themselves using our drag-and-drop tool, and

This piece was co-authored by Steve Anderson and Josh Tabish and was originally published in the November edition of the CCPA Monitor read more

Over 300,000 Internet users contributed to our crowdsourced vision for free expression online in the 21st century. What matters most to the Internet community? Watch this animated video to find out. Animations by Una Luma Productions, music and sound design by Gabriel Koenig. read more

Learn how artists are sidestepping old media empires and using the Internet to make a living off their work Article by Marco della Cava for USA Today “The pitch is simple,” says Conte, who despite being the company’s CEO doesn’t currently take a salary because he wants to be able

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. See Part 1 here. Put on your glasses, nerds, it’s gonna be a wild ride. A new leaked draft

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