OpenMedia.ca: ICYMI: Check out this innovative teach-in featuring members of the Fair Deal Coalition and Meghan Sali

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

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OpenMedia.ca: Leaked draft confirms TPP will censor Internet and stifle Free Expression worldwide

NewLeakedDraft_TPP.png October 16, 2014 – This morning Wikileaks published a second leaked draft of the Intellectual Property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The draft confirms people’s worst fears about Internet censorship. That’s according to community-based organization OpenMedia, which is leading a large international Fair Deal Coalition aimed at securing

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OpenMedia.ca: Global study finds citizens want balanced copyright rules that respect creators, prioritize free expression, and reject Internet censorship

eblast_free_expression_sidebar.png OpenMedia launches report crowdsourced from over 300,000 people in 155 countries worldwide. The findings are a direct challenge to the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership where extreme proposals to censor the Internet are being created in near-total secrecy October 15, 2014 – Citizens from across the globe want balanced copyright rules

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OpenMedia.ca: Every Canadian should benefit from sensible copyright rules, not just political parties

Steve_Anderson.jpg Responding to the government’s proposal to carve our copyright exemptions for political parties, OpenMedia.ca Executive Director Steve Anderson said: “Copyright laws should never be used to stifle free political expression. However, this government is shamefully trying to carve out a self-serving, narrow exception that would only benefit political parties,

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