Last week we shared how the latest leak of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) text had shown differing opinions regarding intellectual property rights. Now, we’re looking back to an earlier leak that addresses this particular chapter and how it could affect our Internet access. The intellectual property chapter describes how under the
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OpenMedia.ca: Latest TPP leak suggests a wave of dissent amongst negotiating parties
Citizens around the world clearly don’t like what the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)—a worrying multinational trade agreement—would do to the Internet and the rules that surround its governance. This distrust and concern has been vocalized clearly by over 100,000 pro-Internet community members who have signed the StopTheTrap.net petition. Beyond the TPP’s
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The ITU takes a (half-measured) step towards transparency
Last month, we reposted an article that reported a move by the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to take over management of the Internet. This is a worrying move that could allow certain oppressive nations to threaten the freedom and openness of the Internet. The issue is due to
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Slate.com: The TPP is The Most Important Trade Agreement That We Know Nothing About
What is the TPP hiding? It’s long been referred to as a “trade agreement” between the countries that are negotiating, but in reality it addresses more than twenty chapters of provisions that include everything from telecommunications, financial services and government procurement. Of particular interest to the pro-Internet community are the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Hey TPP, don’t mess with our Internet!
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The TPP isn’t just a Trap, it’s a Cat-astrophe
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The TPP Negotiating Table is Missing a Seat: Ours
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Campaign update: From its inception the Internet has been about us
From its inception the Internet has been about us: the users. Yet time and time again old government and industry bureaucracies have tried to restrict our connection to each other through the Internet. Their latest effort comes in the form of the TPP’s Internet trap. This extreme and secretive scheme
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Michael Geist – Canada Excluded From Next Round of TPP Negotiations
The next round of TPP negotiations will again have a distinct lack of Canadian input. What this means is that decisions that are made during the coming TPP negotiations won’t even require Canada’s approval. The Canadian government seems to be almost as much in the dark as we are when
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lori Wallach discusses the corporate coup underlying the Trans-Pacific Partnership which the Cons are so eager to force on Canada: (T)rade is the least of it. Only two of TPP’s 26 chapters actually have to do with trade. The rest is about new
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how CETA and especially the TPP are serving as ever more glaring examples of the Cons’ willingness to give away everything Canadians value as part of ideologically-driven trade negotiations for no real economic gain. For further reading…– Scott Sinclair and Michael Geist have recently commented on the TPP
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for a sunny Sunday. – Paul Wells offers some theories as to why the Cons haven’t yet launched attack ads against Thomas Mulcair. But I’d think the more important aberration is the fact that they did do so against Bob Rae before he ever became the Libs’ permanent
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