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: TOMORROW: Join the Fair Deal Coalition TPP teach-in!
TOMORROW: Join the Fair Deal Coalition teach-in! The TPP could be finalized in the coming months, and things are moving fast. That’s why we’d like to invite you to hear representatives from several digital rights groups based in TPP countries share their analysis of the latest leaked text, as well
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: You have three minutes for this video
Guest blog by OpenMedia volunteer and community member Joey Levesque What does Our Digital Future look like? Recently, OpenMedia came together with over 300,000 Internet users around the world to release Our Digital Future: a Crowdsourced Agenda for Free Expression. Over 40,000 users expressed themselves using our drag-and-drop tool, and
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CCPA Monitor: Global movement of Internet users create a crowdsourced agenda for free expression
This piece was co-authored by Steve Anderson and Josh Tabish and was originally published in the November edition of the CCPA Monitor read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: It’s Our Future
Over 300,000 Internet users contributed to our crowdsourced vision for free expression online in the 21st century. What matters most to the Internet community? Watch this animated video to find out. Animations by Una Luma Productions, music and sound design by Gabriel Koenig. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: USA Today: The Internet is updating a very old idea
Learn how artists are sidestepping old media empires and using the Internet to make a living off their work Article by Marco della Cava for USA Today “The pitch is simple,” says Conte, who despite being the company’s CEO doesn’t currently take a salary because he wants to be able
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Express yourself, don’t repress yourself
This article is a part of a series on the Our Digital Future report, our crowdsourced roadmap for Free Expression that proposes fair and balanced copyright reform for the 21st Century. See Part 1 here. Put on your glasses, nerds, it’s gonna be a wild ride. A new leaked draft
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to Creators
This article is a part of a series on the Our Digital Future report, our crowdsourced roadmap for Free Expression that proposes fair and balanced copyright reform for the 21st Century. You’ve all heard of the term “starving artist,” right? If you haven’t — there’s an entire Wikipedia article on
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Forbes: Could your favourite websites disappear from the Internet?
Harsh provisions in this international trade agreement threaten to censor your Internet. Check out what OpenMedia’s Cynthia Khoo has to say, and make sure to check out our positive alternative at https://OpenMedia.org/DigitalFuture Article by Katheryn Thayer for Forbes The latest threat to digital innovation and free speech online sounds innocuous.
Continue readingOpenMedia.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
Continue readingOpenMedia.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
Continue readingOpenMedia.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,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Motherboard: Are we handing our sovereignty over to unelected U.S. lobbyists?
This unassuming provision in the TPP could allow U.S. negotiators to rewrite Canadian laws around sharing and collaborating online. Article by DJ Pangburn for Motherboard The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement negotiations have resumed, and a troubling provision has come to light. The United States government is using an enhanced
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Atlantic Council of Canada: Here’s a great primer on a number of worrying issues surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Here’s a great primer on a number of worrying issues surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Which concerns you the most? Speak out at
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBA National: What’s really being traded here?
Is Canada trading away oversight and sovereignty in huge, secretive international trade deals like the TPP? Article by Justin Ling for CBA National With the Harper Government aggressively pursuing a spate of new trade deals, there’s unease that all of the moving parts will produce some unintended consequences. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: “Dear Canada: Don’t do it! Love, Australia.”
“Dear Canada: Don’t do it! Love, Australia.” Guest blog by Cynthia Khoo Like a heavily copyrighted message in a bottle floating up to the shores of this week’s Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations in Ottawa, Australia’s warning tells tales: do not let giant U.S. conglomerates mess with your intellectual property rights
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Five things you did this past month to stop the TPP’s Internet Censorship plan
Our pro-Internet community has been busy this past month, taking on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on home turf and standing up to powerful interests who want to see the trade agreement finalized before the end of the year. Internet citizens across the globe are justified in their concerns about the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Internet Insider Video Update: Save Free Expression Online
Our awesome volunteer Darcy came in to provide you with this video update on the TPP, how it could censor the Internet, and what you can do about it. You can learn more at https://OpenMedia.org/expression read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Tyee: Last Chance for Canadians to Influence Secret Trade Talks?
We want YOU to help us save free expression. Check out what you can do at https://OpenMedia.org/Expression Article by Bob Mackin for The Tyee When the latest round of closed-door talks for the Trans-Pacific Partnership was moved from Vancouver to Ottawa, so did the opposition to the 12-nation, pact-in-progress. read
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Huffington Post: 11 scary things about the TPP negotiators don’t want you to know
Top 11 things the government doesn’t want you to know about the TPP. Number 3 has really got me worried. Which one bothers you the most? Article by Daniel Tencer for The Huffington Post It Could Criminalize Small-Scale Downloading Canada’s new copyright laws, passed last fall, cap the liability for
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