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OpenMedia.ca: The StopTheTrap.net Coalition: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Electronic Frontier Foundation give a rundown on the TPP’s Internet trap
In this interview, the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Maira Sutton breaks down the secrecy that surrounds the TPP’s Internet trap, and the huge implications the TPP will have for our digital future. Check it out for a thorough rundown of this obscene agreement, then sign the petition at http://StopTheTrap.net/. We’re incredibly
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Huffington Post: U.S. will be allowed to share Canadians’ private information
It’s amazing that together we stopped the government from passing its online spying bill, Bill C-30, within the last session of Parliament. However, it appears the government is putting other spying pieces into place. We need to continue to hold the line against C-30, the new “Perimeter Security” deal with
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: National Journal: Lawmakers and groups pushing for TPP transparency
We have momentum! Thanks to all of you who have signed and shared the StopTheTrap.net petition, our representatives are starting to feel the heat. Adding to it all, yesterday U.S. groups and lawmakers, including about 130 Democratic House members, pressured the American government about the TPP’s lack of transparency. If
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Vancouver Sun: TPP could could impose draconian restrictions on Canadian Internet users
One day in and the http://StopTheTrap.net petition has had over 55,000 names added to it from around the world. What’s more, we’re quickly growing the coalition of organizations behind the effort to make the TPP less restrictive and more transparent. In every measurable way, it’s clear we’re off to a
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: You’re Empowered to Stop the Internet Trap: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Letter to Supporters: Once you’re trapped, there’s no going back
Imagine a world where you could be dragged to court and receive a large fine for simply clicking on the wrong link, where service providers would hand over information about your online activities without privacy safeguards, and where online content could be removed by big media conglomerates at will. This
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Secretive trade agreement could mean big fines for Canadian Internet users, says new coalition
TPP-STT_100x100_120626.png Canadians kick off international coalition to fight new Internet restrictions proposed in TPP trade agreement June 27, 2012 – OpenMedia.ca launched a campaign today, supported a by a group of organizations, to stand against the new Internet restrictions, including new content fines, that Internet users will be subject to
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: New York Times: Copyright restrictions limit innovation
What’s at stake when we fight for Internet openness by tackling copyright and other intellectual property issues? This article describes it well: “It’s not that we don’t need to protect intellectual property at all. But the protections must take into account that innovation is often a cumulative process, with each
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: This Could Be Disastrous: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Signing the TPP agreement will lock down our Internet and shackle our democracy. What should we do?
Yesterday, the government put Canada’s digital future at risk by signing on to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). This secretive international trade agreement will give Big Media conglomerates new powers to lock users out of our own content and services, provide new liabilities that might force ISPs to police our
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canada’s Digital Future at Risk as Ottawa joins Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
openmedia_logo.jpg Pro-Internet group OpenMedia.ca warns that entry into TPP could force an “Internet lockdown” in Canada June 19, 2012 – Canada has become the latest country to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a secretive international trade agreement that will include rules for copyright, trademarks, and patents that are far more restrictive
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Most Extremist Copyright Policy Document Ever Released in Canada?
Big Media’s lobbyists are still pushing hard for the lockdown of the Internet, and they are using flawed research to justify it. Their leading lobby group, the Canadian Intellectual Property Council (CIPC), released a report on World Anti Counterfeiting Day emphasizing the necessity for copyright law similar to the highly
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CNET: Government censorship online coming from western democracies
We need to be especially vigilant as Minister Toews continues to attempt to install his warrantless online spying scheme, Bill C-30, and as Canada considers signing onto the secretive and controversial TPP agreement, which, among other things, would step up the restrictions from controversial copyright bill C-11 and expand Big
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: National Post: Canada may soon sign on to restrictive TPP agreement
Canada may soon be signing on to the secretive and controversial TPP agreement, reports the National Post. The TPP, which among other things would expand Big Media’s powers to lock down the Internet, could be applied to Canada with little input from our citizens or our decision-makers: sources suggest Canada
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Huffington Post: Fierce Opposition to Bill C-11 on Eve of Passage
Parliament will break for the summer at the end of this week, but before it does, MPs will are scheduled to vote on controversial Copyright Bill C-11 today, then send it on to pass through the the Senate. While this isn’t the end of the copyright debate by any means,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Geist: Secret U.S. industry lobby revealed to be pushing for Internet lockdown laws in Canada
We were successful in stopping the push for website blocking and Internet termination powers, but now it’s clear why the government refuses to listen to Canadians in regards to restrictive “digital locks” in Copyright Bill C-11. MPs count the emails they get on these issues. Please share our http://openmedia.ca/SayNo MP-messaging
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Geist: Copyright vs. Fundamental Rights
Various international efforts are currently in the works to lock down the Internet, but University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist reports that the global pro-Internet movement made some gains last week on the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). ACTA is an international copyright enforcement treaty, primarily lobbied for by
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: ACTA’s Not Dead Yet: The Crucial EU Vote Approaches
What is ACTA? The Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement is a secretive international treaty for the enforcing of new copyright and intellectual property laws. Not much is known about the actual content of the agreement, but we do know that it conflates intellectual property infringement like the production of illegal and dangerous
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