Tag: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

First they tried to dodge us by moving TPP negotiations from Vancouver to Ottawa, now they’re avoiding questions about their Internet censorship plan. Good thing we’re taking matters into our own hands. See how here: https://OpenMedia.org/Expression Article by Chris Malmo for Vice Right this moment, negotiators from 12 countries are

The bureaucrats and industry lobbyists negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership have gone to great lengths to keep their plans a secret before, but this takes the cake. After scheduling the next round of bargaining for Vancouver, negotiators quietly made a last minute switch to Ottawa with only a week to go

Internet start-ups, educators, tech firms, and advocacy groups are fighting back against the TPP’s proposed Internet censorship plan. Check out how the fight is going and add your voice at https://openmedia.org/FaceToFace Article by Jeremy Malcolm and Maira Sutton for EFF Today, EFF and its partners in the global Our Fair

The Internet thrives on the ability for users to share and adapt content freely, without fear of unreasonable reprisal. TPP negotiators want to take that power away, and replace it with restrictive laws that would force ISPs to heavily police their users. Help us fight TPP censorship and secrecy by

Guest blog by Cynthia Khoo Imagine finding that your favourite music blog, political forum, or video remix has disappeared overnight. What happened? It may well have fallen victim to censorship via notice-and-takedown, copyright law’s most misused tool. If popular user-driven websites such as eBay, YouTube, or WordPress receive a copyright

This multi-national trade deal could censor your Internet, on top of making it more expensive and policed. Even worse, the deal is being negotiated behind closed doors in near total secrecy. Got a problem with that? Sound off at https://OpenMedia.org/FaceToFace Article by Kristy Kirkup for The CBC Trade officials from

Negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have gone to extreme lengths to stop civic interest groups and the public finding out what’s being discussed at the next round of closed-door trade talks happening in Canada this month. Originally slated to take place at the beginning of July in Vancouver, a

We have just 24 hours until key decision-makers behind the Trans Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) Internet Censorship plan begin meeting in Ottawa.1 Please Note: This is your last chance to use our easy-to-use “Internet Voice” to get your comment right in the hands of those crafting this extreme and secretive plan.

A few years ago, we at OpenMedia began to realize that fighting against efforts to shut down the open Internet wasn’t enough – we needed to clearly articulate what we were fighting for. And we needed to do this with you, our amazing pro-Internet supporters. Since then, we’ve experimented with

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If you’re a fan of the Good Wife like me, you’re not only still mourning the death of Will Gardner, you’re also reeling from last week’s season finale cliffhanger (will Diana, Alicia, and Cary finally become one firm!?) With its well-crafted dialogue and character-driven plot, the Good Wife is arguably

In 2013, Canadian astronaut and all around cool dude Commander Chris Hadfield sang, recorded, and filmed a cover of David Bowie’s stargazing classic “Space Oddity.” The music video was a fitting tribute to the Bowie hit and Hadfield’s time aboard the International Space Station. On the anniversary of his return

At OpenMedia, we love sharing and collaborating with our global community when it comes to formulating effective and game changing digital policy. That means using the Internet to save the Internet. It also means reaching out to one another, to converse, to deliberate and of course, to combine our own

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