TPP will hurt our creative fredom in ways you can’t image. Here’s a filmmaker’s acount of what it would mean for artists and creators around the globe. Let’s stop this censoring deal at StoptheSecrecy.net Article by Brett Gaylor for the Tyee Most people’s experience with copyright begins and ends with
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OpenMedia.ca: CBC: Fast fibre-optic internet arrives in many small towns before big cities
Tired of Big Telecom f*ckery, or a lack of affordable high-speed options, communities across Canada are taking Internet access into the own hands by building their own world-class networks outside our telecom giants. We can’t say too much now, but we’ll be launching a major campaign to increase the number
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, August 6, 2015
Your news links for today: Netflix Taxes and Canadian Digital Issues in the Election Spotlight – Michael Geist Canada Changed Its Election Rules So It Could Negotiate the TPP – VICE Motherboard Conservatives were sure Trans-Pacific Partnership deal would be signed – Globe and Mail TPP Leaks Reveal Blows to
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: New TPP leak shows Canada would be required to massively overhaul copyright, damaging free expression and censoring Internet
tppleaks.jpg Trans-Pacific Partnership text reveals that U.S. pressure could result in new rules for Canadians that allow for website blocking, and new criminal penalties for copyright infringement August 5, 2015 – Recently leaked documents from the Intellectual Property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) reveal that the secretive trade agreement would require Canada
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Your news links for today: The TPP Copyright Chapter Leaks: Canada May Face Website Blocking, New Criminal Provisions & Term Extension – Michael Geist Fast fibre-optic internet arrives in many small towns before big cities – CBC News Countries with the Most Expensive Average Cell Phone Bill – The Richest
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Alphabeatic: Canadian wireless bills still tops in world as election looms
Peter Nowak weighs in on how, with an election looming, new statistics prove that Canadians are still paying some of the highest prices in the industrialized world for wireless service. He points out that “It’s cheaper in many European countries to hold multiple phone subscriptions than it is to have a
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Should web content be censored without a judicial process?
This article was originally published at Rabble.ca You don’t have to look far these days to discover new threats to the free and open Internet we all rely on. In just the past few weeks, OpenMedia has helped fight off a costly new “Link Tax,” mobilized supporters against a reckless spying law, and ran
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC: Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks peak as Canada eyes election timing
Harper might want to stretch the TPP bargaining to minimize electoral risks. But in the middle of an election, the timing is not really up to Canada. Speak out now at StoptheSecrecy.net Article by Janyce McGregor for CBC Pity Ed Fast’s campaign manager in Abbotsford, B.C. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CTV: File breach at electronic spy agency prompts mandatory privacy training
This is the agency our government is telling us to “just trust” with our secrets? Article by Jim Bronskill for CTV News OTTAWA – Canada’s electronic spy agency introduced mandatory privacy awareness training for all employees in March following an internal breach involving personal information. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Your news links for today: ‘Anonymous’ starts slow leaking of cabinet confidences, CSE spy attempts – iPolitics Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talk peaks as Canada eyes election timing – CBC NSA Will Destroy Archived Metadata When Program Stops – The Intercept Stop CISA: Join EFF in a Week of Action Opposing
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Maui wowie: final round of TPP negotiations beginning in Hawaii
We’ve been hearing it repeated again and again over the previous weeks and months: it’s coming to a close, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is in its ‘endgame’. And as negotiators and Trade Ministers meet in Maui this week, groups across the globe are making sure opposition continues to grow louder
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC: DEBATE! Is access to high speed internet a right?
DEBATE! Is the Internet a human right? What do Canadians stand to gain from the CRTC’s basic services hearing? (faster, cheaper Internet, maybe?) Our own Josh Tabish went on CBC’s ‘The 180’ to argue YES! against Roslyn Layton, Ph.D. fellow in Internet economics at the Center for Communication, Media and
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Toronto Star: RCMP tracked Toronto activists with fake Facebook profile
Would liking a page or an article about blacklivesmatter on your social profile get you tracked by the RCMP, looking for other “subversive” materials? Does sharing content about social equality make you an activist? Subversive? A target of the RCMP? And what’s next, under C-51… ? Article by Laurent Bastien
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Tyee Master Classes 2015 Presents Crowdsourcing for Public Engagement with our own Steve Anderson and Reilly Yeo
Do you want to know how to succeed at inspiring participation in your organization’s work? Our own Steve Anderson and Reilly Yeo are teaching an online master class on Crowdsourcing Public Engagement as part of The Tyee Master Classes 2015. Join them on August 6th and August 13th! Article by
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC: ‘Shrewd’ Canada playing long game as TPP trade talks begin in Maui
Aloha! Welcome to the weekend, where things get real for TPP negotiations in Hawaii. Speak out now at StoptheSecrecy.net Article by Janyce McGregor for CBC News As Canada’s lead negotiator Kirsten Hillman and the rest of her Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiating team sit down with their counterparts in Maui, Hawaii this
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Toronto Star: Canada’s electronic spy agency fears threat of informed public
Video by the Toronto Star The Communications Security Establishment seems to view an informed public as its adversary Until that changes, we should probably view the CSE as ours.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Globe and Mail: UN Human Rights Committee raises concerns about C-51
This morning, the UN Human Rights Committee said Bill C-51 could run afoul of the international covenant on civil and political rights. This reckless legislation lacks legitimacy and we need to get it repealed! Speak out at KillC51.ca Article by the Canadian Press published at the Globe and Mail read
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: New video sets out action plan to tackle Canadian privacy deficit, as hundreds of thousands continue to speak up against Bill C-51
Plan lays out tangible steps for federal government to take to restore Canadians’ digital privacy July 23, 2015 – Today OpenMedia released a new online video, based on input from over 125,000 Canadians, which outlines a clear plan to address Canada’s stark privacy deficit. With Bill C-51, warrantless spying, thousands
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: WATCH AND SHARE THIS VIDEO TO FORCE OTTAWA TO IMPLEMENT OUR CROWDSOURCED PRIVACY PLAN
Canadians have serious reasons to doubt the government’s respect for our right to privacy. From Bill C-51 to warrantless spying, privacy breaches to a multi-billion dollar spy palace, there seems to be little interest in protecting the privacy of Canadian citizens. However, the OpenMedia community is not one to sit
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Our crowdsourced policy became government policy. The CRTC heard your call, Canada.
We Won! As you may have heard, a major ruling on Thursday from the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ensures a significant step forward for Canadians’ ability to access affordable Internet options independent of Canada’s large telecom providers. In short, the ruling creates fair rules forcing Big Telecom to make
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