StopSecrecy_403x403_150414.png Canada’s OpenMedia leads huge international campaign shining “Stop the Secrecy” spotlight on prominent buildings in Washington D.C. to protest TPP’s secretive Internet Censorship plan April 22, 2014 – As U.S. President Obama prepares for a week of crucial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks, a large, broad-based international campaign is taking
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OpenMedia.ca: Please Share: Our image about what the copyright implications of TPP negotiations could cost you
Ever burned a DVD to your computer? Got a spare $10,000 kicking around? No? Then you’d better pay attention to the upcoming TPP negotiations. LIKE and SHARE to keep that cool 10 grand in your pocket. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Please Share: Something BIG is coming
Here’s your OpenMedia team hard at work on something BIG. No spoilers… stay tuned for Tuesday read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Please Share: Our image about SOPA back from the grave
Think SOPA is dead? Think again. U.S. President Barack Obama has picked Robert Holleyman, who led efforts to pass the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), to help lead the effort to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. LIKE and SHARE to help keep censorship at bay. We’ve just released this
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: National Post: The U.S.-style copyright trolls have their sights set on Canada
The Canadian government is government is pushing forward a double whammy of legislation that could significantly undermine our privacy. Bills C-13 and S-4 threaten to introduce U.S.-style copyright trolling in Canada, allowing telecom companies to share your private information with law enforcement and even private companies without any court oversight.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Please Share: Our image about how the TPP could kick families off the Internet is going viral
Do you think a ‘censor first and ask questions later’ approach is fair? The Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens to kick whole families off the Internet just for suspicion of copyright violation. We’ve just released this image, and it’s already being shared far and wide on social media. Please add your voice
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Here’s how we can create a new vision for sharing and collaborating online
“How do you plan to create rules that support the wishes of all the people using the Internet without consulting all of the people who use the Internet? Democratic process needs to be followed when dealing with any system or structure that is relied upon by this many people.” This
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: BoingBoing: Recent Canada-South Korea trade agreement respects domestic copyright rules
We’ve all heard about how powerful U.S. lobbyists are trying to ram through extreme Internet censorship rules in the TPP. They’re piling on the pressure and holding smaller countries hostage to their demands. But here’s proof that trade deals just don’t need to be this way. Article by Cory Doctorow
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: From Antarctica to Vietnam, global Internet users are creating a vision for our digital future
Our small team at OpenMedia would like to take a moment to thank you – all of you – who have used the Internet to help create a roadmap forward for a fair digital future. It was in October 2013 that we asked our community – Internet users who are
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: VIDEO: Check out this video explaining the TPP’s extreme Internet Censorship Plan
Thank you to Cari from the University of Alberta School of Library and Information Studies for sharing this great video of her presentation about the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) extreme Internet Censorship plan. Check it out! Remember, you can help create an alternative vision for our digital future. Use our drag-and-drop
Continue readingArt Threat: Skinny Puppy bills US military for music use in torture
The U.S. military is using a Vancouver band’s music to torture prisoners at Guantanamo Bay — and the artists are working to make sure they pay for it. Electro-industrial act Skinny Puppy has learned through a former guard at Gitmo that inmates would be drowned in their unsettling sounds for
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canada’s spy watchdogs are lobbyists and that’s a problem
Many are expressing outrage now that the public has become aware that Chuck Strahl is acting as a lobbyist for Enbridge, the company hoping to build a controversial oil pipeline across B.C. The problem is that Strahl is also chairman of the Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC), which is basically
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Australians to Canadians: Beware TPP economic fallout
Over 125,000 people – including tens of thousands of Canadians – have now spoken out about the damaging Internet censorship proposals in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). We know from leaked drafts all about how the TPP would make your Internet more expensive, censored, and policed. Now, our friends in Australia
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: INFOGRAPHIC: Ways the TPP’s extreme Internet Censorship plan will affect you
Thanks to you, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations have ended in Singapore without agreement! We’ve got to keep up the pressure, as talks continue in January. We’ve created this handy infographic to outline how the TPP’s extreme Internet censorship plan will affect you Please help us spread the word by sharing
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Fresh leaks show U.S. bullying in the TPP is intensifying
A few days ago, we told you about what could be the last round of ultra-secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ministerial meetings being held in Singapore. Wikileaks has just released a new set of documents which reveal just how isolated and headstrong the U.S. is in its efforts to break our
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadians react to sneaky government attempt to restrict Internet freedom
Sneaky. That’s the word being used by Canadians who are responding to the latest attempt by the government to ram through the wildly unpopular Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). ACTA, which was once believed dead, is creeping out from beyond the grave in an attempt to restrict and criminalize your use
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: OpenMedia.ca community member speaks out against Bell’s anti-competitive behaviour
OpenMedia.ca community member Ben Klass filed a complaint with the CRTC about Bell’s anti-competitive behaviour. From The Huffington Post Canada: Bell Mobility is facing a consumer complaint at the CRTC alleging it marks up the cost of online content by as much as 800 per cent compared to what it
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Broad coalition to TPP governments: Pull provisions that restrict access to knowledge and open innovation
Censorship_FBShare_131115.png Organizations spanning nearly every TPP nation calls for a new approach that respects broad interests not just that of old US media conglomerates November 21, 2013: Today the Fair Deal Coalition has called on Governments involved in the TPP negotiations to reject copyright proposals that would limit the open
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Internet governance expert says U.S. trying to strong-arm Canada into economically-damaging Internet censorship rules in international agreement
Censorship_FBShare_131115.png Leading expert Carolina Rossini tells Vancouver audience that carefully crafted Canadian copyright laws could be overturned by extreme U.S.-driven proposals in Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement November 19, 2013 – Carolina Rossini, a renowned U.S.-based expert on international Internet governance, told an audience in Vancouver last night that the U.S. government
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Event brings together cross-border Internet governance experts amid bombshell leaks about Internet censorship
OpenMedia_Sidebar_Image.png Leading experts gather in Vancouver to discuss Internet freedom issues in wake of NSA spying scandal and Wikileaks revelations of extreme TPP Internet censorship scheme Amid controversies over bombshell leaks about Internet censorship and disturbing revelations about government surveillance, OpenMedia.ca is teaming up with Gen Why Media to co-host
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